How to fix display hinge in Dell Inspiron E1705

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In this guide I explain how to fix damaged display hinge in a Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop.

This guide also works for Inspiron 9400.

Today one of my customers brought me a Dell Inspiron E1705 with the display completely separated from the base on the left side.

At first I though the hinge was broken, the display cover damaged and needs an expensive repair but later I found the damage wasn’t that bad.

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How to replace LCD screen in Dell Inspiron 1525

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In this guide I explain how to remove and replace the LCD screen or inverter board in a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop.

Most likely this guide will work for many other Dell models. If it works for you, please mention the model number in comments after this post.

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How to disassemble Dell Inspiron E1505/6400

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In this guide I explain how to disassemble a Dell Inspiron E1505 or Inspiron 6400 laptop and replace the cooling fan.

In my case the fan started making lots of noise. The fan mounted inside the case, so the whole unit has to be disassembled.

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How to remove keyboard in Dell XPS M1210

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In the following guide I explain how to remove the keyboard in a Dell XPS M1210 laptop.

I am removing it in order to access the internal memory slot.

This model has two slots. One of them can be easily access through the service door on the bottom, but the second memory slot is hidden under the keyboard.

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How to access internal RAM in Dell Latitude D520

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In this guide I explain how to access the memory module installed into the internal slot on a Dell Latitude D520 laptop.

You can use this guide for removing/replacing the keyboard or replacing/upgrading both memory (RAM) modules.

Dell Latitude D520 has two RAM slots. One of them can be easily accessed through the door on the bottom. The second one is hidden under the keyboard.

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How to start factory OS restore on a Dell

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This guide explains how to start factory OS image restore utility on a Dell laptop with Windows Vista.

Running this utility will erase everything from the hard drive and re-image it back to factory defaults.

In this particular case I’m restoring software on a Dell XPS M1530 laptop.

Let’s say your Dell came without recovery discs but you have to reinstall Windows because the operating system got corrupted or infected with viruses or spyware. What can you do?

There is a chance that your laptop has a hidden recovery partition and you can re-image the hard drive using files on the hidden partition. This guide may not work for all Dell laptops with Vista.

If the guide works for you, please mention the laptop model name and number in the comments after the post.

STEP 1.

Turn on the laptop and as soon as Dell logo appears on the screen press on the F8 key.

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