Dell Laptop
Dell Inspiron 15 5547 Disassembly and SSD, RAM, HDD Upgrade Options
In this guide, I will explain how to disassemble the Dell Inspiron 15 5547 to remove the RAM, hard drive, wireless card, keyboard, palm rest, heat sink, cooling fan, and motherboard.
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Remove the two screws securing the service cover. Use a flathead screwdriver or pry tool to lift the bottom cover from the groove and remove it.
Under the cover, you can access the battery, hard drive, RAM, wireless card, and cooling fan.
Remove the four screws securing the battery and take the battery off the laptop.
Remove the four screws securing the hard drive. Lift the white tape and remove the hard drive.
Disconnect the hard drive cable.
This Dell Inspiron 15 5547 features a Seagate 500GB 5400 RPM hard drive.
Disconnect the white cable.
Remove the two screws securing the cooling fan and disconnect the cable from the motherboard.
Remove all screws securing the middle frame.
Flip the laptop over and use a flat-head screwdriver to unlock the five latches at the top of the keyboard.
Lift the keyboard and disconnect the keyboard cable.
Disconnect the power button cable and touchpad cable.
Remove the ten screws securing the palm rest.
Insert a plastic pry tool under the middle frame. There are some clasps on the middle frame to secure it to the cover. You need to move the pry tool and unlock all the clips to detach the middle frame from the laptop completely.
After removing the middle frame, you can access the wireless network card, heat sink, USB board, speakers, and motherboard.
Remove the wireless card.
Remove two screws securing the motherboard.
Disconnect the speaker cable.
Dell Inspiron 15 5547 motherboard
The CPU is soldered onto the motherboard, so it cannot be replaced.
Graphics card
Hi, I bought this laptop. It’s good, but I wanna know about the fan. Where does the air blow out? The problem I am facing is that when I place it down on the surface, it seems I am blocking the fan’s air opening. It heats up that way. But I see the opening for the fan at the bottom of the display where it attaches. If it is coming out from the bottom, then this laptop is full of crap, as there is no way we can use the laptop without putting it down.
Yes, the fan is at the bottom, but the rubber strips at the bottom and top lift the laptop up a bit, allowing the air to flow. When playing the game, I put a book under the back strip (not covering the fan, of course) so it has more room to flow.
I was wondering if I could add an mSATA drive to this model. Some seem to have it from the factory, but mine doesn’t.
Hey, I was wondering if you could help me fix the lag problem. I checked the specs of the AMDR7 M265 card; it clearly shows it works perfectly on 1366×768 resolution. Mine has 1920x1080p and I often get lag when playing games. Then I have to drag it down to 1366×768 to be able to play games. But the quality is way too bad. I know I have an HD screen, but is there any way I could play games on 1366 resolution as anyone with the same native resolution plays? If I buy an external monitor with low resolution. Will it solve my problem, or do I have to get it replaced by Dell?
I got the same motherboard, only I got the 4th-gen i7 processor.
I saw the graphics card too, but how can I remove it?
Is it even possible?
I took my computer apart to take out the motherboard (I removed the bottom case, didn’t touch the motherboard) to fix one of the left (on the bottom, by the motherboard) hinge screw threads. After reassembly and pressing the power button, I get 8 beeps and a black screen. The Internet says this is an LCD issue, so I unplugged and plugged the display ( the wire with the black tape next to the fan) to make sure it was in place. Nothing. I got it to display through HDMI to another monitor once yesterday by holding D at startup, but not since. It’s not responding to Esc, F12, D, or FN. I don’t know what happened, and I don’t know how to fix it. Please help.
I bought a Dell Inspiron 5547 Touch with an Intel i5 processor and 8GB of RAM.
Its bottom base is damaged, so I changed the bottom base. However, I have one doubt: Are all Inspiron 5547 model bottom bases the same?
Pls reply to me!
Yes, all the bottom cases of the 5547 are the same.
Hi, I just got this laptop for Christmas, and I’ve been having some problems connecting to my Wi-Fi. I’ve read that it might be a problem with the wireless card connection. Any idea if it is true?
P.D. I’ve already updated all the drivers.
You can try to replace the Wi-Fi card.
My Inspiron 15 5547 is not booting up. The Windows login screen appears, and the password screen starts blinking. I did a diagnostic test and found that the hard drive is not connected. What should I do? Shall I remove the hard drive and reconnect it, and will it work?
Yes! You can try, but I think this problem is caused by the graphics card.
I have a Dell 5547 laptop, and I can’t access the BIOS to reset it. Is there a way to do it directly on the motherboard?
You can remove the BIOS battery and reinstall it, and your BIOS will be reset.
I have this model. When I switch it on, it doesn’t turn on. The CPU and graphics IC get hot, which seems to cause the entire board to overheat. So, what is the issue in this case?
Hello, friend
Recently, I dropped my laptop from my table. Afterward, I was unable to connect to Wi-Fi due to a crack near the power button. I contacted an engineer, who told me my laptop’s Wi-Fi antenna cable had broken. Could you please help me with replacing the antenna cable? Is the cable replaceable? Thank you