Remove two screws from the display cable bracket. In order to disconnect the antenna cables simply lift them up and un-snap from the connector on the wireless card. The wireless card is integrated into the motherboard and cannot be removed or replaced. Display assembly removalĭisconnect two antenna cables from the wireless card. Both fans are permanently mounted so if one of them fails it’s necessary to replace the entire assembly.ĭell spare part number for Dell 9380 fan assembly: 0980WH. Here’s the other side of the fan assembly. Pull the cooling fan assembly from under the heatsink and remove it. Disconnect both fan cables from the motherboard. Remove two screws securing the cooling fan assembly. Pull it up to unplug the cable from the connector on the motherboard. There is a black tab on the top of the connector.

Remove one screw securing the webcam and wireless antenna cover.ĭisconnect the webcam cable from the motherboard. Before removing the cooling fan assembly we have to disconnect the webcam cable because it’s routed above the left fan. Cooling fan assembly removalĭell 9380 has two cooling fans merged into one assembly. Here’s the other side of the SSD with a layer of thermal pad applied to it. Lift up the right side of the SSD and pull it out of the slot. It might be necessary to apply a little bit of force to separate the SSD from the motherboard. There is a layer of thermal pad under the SSD. When the shield is separated from the SSD, pull the left side from under the metal knob (yellow arrow). Remove one screw securing the SSD shield/heatsink.

It might be necessary to apply a little bit of force to separate the shield from the SSD because the thermal pad is sticky. There is a layer of thermal pad between the shield and the SSD. The solid stat drive is mounted under the black shield/heatsink. Solid state drive removalĭell 9380 laptop supports PCEe/NVMe Gen 3×4 M.2 solid state drives (type 2280). Lift up the battery and disconnect the battery cable from the motherboard.ĭell 9380 battery model: DXGH8. Remove four large screws (red) and one small screw (yellow) attaching the battery to the top case.

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