How to Disassemble the Dell Vostro 1700 Notebook

This is the detailed instructions for disassembling the Dell Vostro 1700 notebook. If you need to change the hard drive clean from dust notebook cooling system, change the thermal paste on the CPU or change BIOS battery (which is also responsible for keeping the system time), then this article will help indirectly. Before starting work, turn off the laptop, unplug it from the mains (power supply) and remove the battery. 

1. Remove the Dell Vostro 1700 hard drive caddy, behind which are hidden the hard disk and memory model. In the picture they are marked "Hard drive cover" "Memory cover" respectively. The red color indicates the position of the screws that secure the Dell hard drive caddies.
2. Slide the hard drive in the opposite direction from the place of its connection to the motherboard
3. In these models, the hard drive has a SATA connector. To increase the capacity of the hard drive, buy a new HDD with SATA 2.5-inch connector.
4. Remove the memory model. This notebook model may have up to 4 GB of RAM. This means that you can set the type 2 memory module DDR2-667 2 GB.
5. Remove the three screws that hold the fan cooling system. Disconnect the fan wire (in the picture indicated by the red arrow.) Remove the cooling fan.
6. Loosen the 4 screws on the heat sink. The picture they are red. Carefully remove the radiator.
7. Disconnect the two antenna cables from the card. Take the gold connector end of the cable to the antenna with your fingers and pull it up. Remove the single screw that fixes the wireless network card and remove the card.
8. Lift the keyboard some sharp object. You can use a flat screwdriver. To avoid scratching the body, wrap object with a cloth or leather. Remove the keyboard cover.
9. Remove the screws that hold the keyboard. They are marked in red. Slide the keyboard so that you have access to the keyboard cable. Unlock the keyboard cable connector. Move the small cap in the direction indicated by the red arrow. Now you can remove the keyboard. When you replace the keyboard, you do not have to perform steps 1-6. Simply remove and replace the keyboard, as shown in steps 7 and 8.
10. In the next three steps, you will learn how to get the laptop panel. Remove the single screw from the right hinge.
11. Now you need to disconnect the video cable from the motherboard. In Fig. 17 he referred to as "Video cable". Further, through the hole you need to remove cables, designated as "Wi-Fi antenna cable". After that, remove the 5 screws (3 on the left and 2 right), marked with red circles.
12. Now remove the notebook display. If you want to read an article on how to disassemble the laptop display and change his monitor, find on our website right article.
13. Turn the laptop and remove all the screws.
14. Now use the flat screwdriver to pick part of the body to start her laptop compartment from the bottom. Further continue the separation of the fingers. Remove the top lid of the laptop.
15. There is A DVD-ROM in the laptop so that it will be possible to remove it after removing the top cover. Disconnect the cable from the DVD-ROM. Marked in red. Lift and remove the DVD-ROM drive.
16. Continue the analysis. 3 Remove the screws that secure the motherboard to the case. Disconnect the cable, marked with a red arrow in Fig. 25. Lift the motherboard as shown in the figure below. Remove the motherboard. The processor (CPU) is locked in a metal panel. To remove the processor, you will have to unlock the connector first. There is a small screw on the connector side. This screw locks and unlocks the connector.