That is exactly what I sad planning on doing but I thought I'd watch a disassembly video first. This is the best disassembly video I've ever watched. Thank you. +++Question: where are the cmos reset pins just for reference?
The official way requires way way too much disassembly. This is brilliant. I'm wondering if a Dremel tool cut-off wheel would make the incisions easier.
This works great. I was afraid to take the entire laptop apart just to get at the battery because I was not sure if I could get it all back together again and work.
Had to replace the CPU fan in mine and it also required a complete teardown and removing the motherboard. While being a bit of a pain, it was somewhat doable with the help of a teardown video from RU-vid and a PDF version of the service manual. Not sure why Dell designed the laptop this way. Maybe they thought that companies would phase out the laptop before the fan or the CMOS battery would become an issue.
Do you know by any chance how to clear the BIOS admin password? Or at least the IC in the board that stores the info and if by grounding it can be cleared?
