Dell Inspiron 7706 Service Manual

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Installing the I/O board.............................................................................................................................................. 34Touchpad.............................................................................................................................................................................35Removing the touchpad.............................................................................................................................................35Installing the touchpad...............................................................................................................................................36Display assembly................................................................................................................................................................ 37Removing the display assembly................................................................................................................................37Installing the display assembly..................................................................................................................................39Power-adapter port...........................................................................................................................................................41Removing the power-adapter port.......................................................................................................................... 41Installing the power-adapter port............................................................................................................................42Power-button board......................................................................................................................................................... 43Removing the power-button board.........................................................................................................................43Installing the power-button board...........................................................................................................................44System board..................................................................................................................................................................... 45Removing the system board..................................................................................................................................... 45Installing the system board....................................................................................................................................... 48Keyboard............................................................................................................................................................................. 50Removing the keyboard............................................................................................................................................. 50Installing the keyboard............................................................................................................................................... 52Palmrest...............................................................................................................................................................................53Removing the palmrest.............................................................................................................................................. 53Installing the palmrest................................................................................................................................................ 54Chapter 3: Drivers and downloads............................................................................................... 56Chapter 4: System setup............................................................................................................. 57Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................ 57Navigation keys..................................................................................................................................................................57Boot Sequence...................................................................................................................................................................57One time boot menu.........................................................................................................................................................58System setup options.......................................................................................................................................................58Clearing CMOS settings.................................................................................................................................................. 67Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords...........................................................................................67Chapter 5: Troubleshooting.........................................................................................................68SupportAssist diagnostics............................................................................................................................................... 68Locate the Service Tag or Express Service Code of your Dell computer ..............................................68System diagnostic lights..................................................................................................................................................68Built-in self-test (BIST)................................................................................................................................................... 69Recovering the operating system..................................................................................................................................70Flashing the BIOS.............................................................................................................................................................. 70Flashing BIOS (USB key).................................................................................................................................................70Backup media and recovery options............................................................................................................................. 70WiFi power cycle................................................................................................................................................................ 71Flea power release............................................................................................................................................................. 71Chapter 6: Getting help and contacting Dell................................................................................ 724 Contents