Dell Inspiron 14 7437 Disassembly and SSD, RAM Upgrade Options

In this article, I will explain how to disassemble the Dell Inspiron 14 7437 to remove the keyboard, SSD, RAM, palm rest, wireless card, cooling fan, bottom case, and motherboard.

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Turn the laptop upside down and remove all screws from the bottom case.

After removing all screws, insert a pry tool between the bottom cover and the palm rest, and slide it to detach the bottom cover from the palm rest.

Once the bottom cover is removed, we can access the battery, speaker, motherboard, and wireless network card. Its cooling system and SSD are located on the other side of the motherboard, which is very inconvenient for users who need to replace the SSD and fan.

There is a spare 2.5-inch hard drive bay, allowing you to add a 2.5-inch hard drive to your laptop.
However, this laptop does not come with an HDD caddy required for installing a hard drive, so if you need to add a hard drive, you will need to purchase one separately.

The Dell Inspiron 14 7437 features two cooling fans, which cannot be completely removed at this time.

This Dell Inspiron 14 7437 comes with a 58Wh Li-ion battery, Dell part number: 5KG27.

Disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard and then remove the battery.

When the battery is removed, you can access the keyboard cable, backlit cable, and touchpad.
If you need to replace the keyboard, you will also need to remove the motherboard to access the keyboard.

The Dell Inspiron 14 7437 comes with an Intel Dual Band Wireless-N 7260 wireless card. It supports 802.11n, dual-band Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 4.0.

Remove the three screws securing the speaker modules and disconnect the cable from the motherboard.

Speaker modules

Dell Inspiron 14 7437 motherboard

On the front of the motherboard, there are also SSD, cooling system, and memory chips.

Its memory chips are directly soldered onto the motherboard, so the memory cannot be upgraded.

The design of the cooling system is very strange. Only one fan is connected to the heat sink, while the other fan is independent and has no heat sink.

The Intel Core i7-4500U processor is also soldered onto the motherboard. This processor also integrates Intel HD Graphics 4400.

This laptop comes with a Micron C400 256GB mSATA SSD. If you need to upgrade the storage space, you will need to replace the existing SSD.

When the motherboard is removed, you can remove and replace the keyboard for your laptop.

Dell Inspiron 14 7437 internal parts