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Adding and Replacing PartsBefore You Begin
This chapter provides procedures for removing and installing the components in your computer.
Unless otherwise noted, each procedure assumes that the following conditions exist:
• You have performed the steps in "Turning Off Your Computer" on page103 and "Before Working
Inside Your Computer" on page104.
• You have read the safety information in the Dell™
Product I nformat ion Guid e.
• A component can be replaced or—if purchased separately—installed by performing the removal
procedure in reverse order.
Recommended Tools
The procedures in this document may require the following tools:
• Small flat-blade screwdriver
• Small Phillips screwdriver
• Small plastic scribe
• Hex nut driver
• Flash BIOS update program CD
Turning Off Your Computer
NOTICE: To avoid losing data, save and close all open files and exit all open programs before you turn off your
computer.
1
Shut down the operating system:
a
Save and close all open files and exit all open programs.
b
In the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP operating system
, click
Start
→
Shut Down
→
Shut down
.
In Microsoft
®
Windows Vista
®
,
click the Windows Vista Start button, , in the lower-left
corner of the desktop, click the arrow in the lower-right corner of the Start menu as shown
below, and then click
Shut Down
.