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Dell Inspiron 17 7737 disassembly and RAM, HDD Upgrade Options

This article explains how to remove the battery, hard drive, memory module, wireless network card, keyboard, fan, and motherboard from a Dell Inspiron 17 7737 laptop.

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Close-up of the front of the Dell Inspiron 17 7737 laptop.Dell Inspiron 17 7737

Close-up of the back of the Dell Inspiron 17 7737 laptop.
Dell Inspiron 17 7737

Remove the two screws to remove the back cover. You can see the battery and the hard drive.
Remove the battery cover

The Dell Inspiron 17 7737 comes with a 58Wh battery.
Dell Inspiron 17 7737 battery

Dell Inspiron 17 7737 hard drive

Remove the screws securing the battery and hard drive to remove them. You will also need to disconnect the connector.

Dell Inspiron 17 7737 battery

Remove the hard drive module.
Remove the hard drive

This laptop comes with a 1TB hard drive from Western Digital.
Dell Inspiron 17 7737 hard drive

Remove the screw securing the memory cover and lift the cover upward.
Close-up of the laptop after removing the hard drive and battery

Under the memory cover, we can see two memory modules.
Remove the memory cover

Unscrew the screw next to the RAM module slot and then pull out the DVD drive.

Remove the DVD drive

Pull out the DVD drive

Close-up of the optical drive.
Optical drive

Remove the two RAM modules.

RAM modules

Then, remove all the screws visible on the bottom cover.

Remove all the screws visible

Flip the keyboard to the front, press the keyboard latch, then flip the keyboard and place it on the palm rest. Finally, disconnect the cable to remove the keyboard.

Remove the keyboard

Flip the keyboard over

The back of the keyboard

Dell Inspiron 17 7737 keyboard

Disconnect the three cables on the palm rest.

Disconnect the three cables

Now, turn to the bottom to remove the bottom cover.

Remove the bottom cover

Close-up of the speaker.

Close-up of the speaker

Close-up of the speaker

Dell Inspiron 17 7737 fan and heat sink assembly

Dell Inspiron 17 7737 fan and heat sink assembly

The ports are on one side of the motherboard.

Dell Inspiron 17 7737 ports

Unplug the two wireless antennas and remove the screw to remove the wireless card.

Remove the wireless card

Wireless card

Wireless card

Disconnect the connectors on the motherboard, remove the screws securing the motherboard, and then remove the motherboard.

Remove the motherboard

The back of the motherboard

Close-up of the laptop after removing the motherboard.

Close-up of the laptop after removing the motherboard

Unplug the fan cable and remove the screws securing the heat sink. You can remove the fan and heat sink assembly. Its cooling system consists of a fan and two heat pipes.

Dell Inspiron 17 7737 CPU fan and heat sink

Dell Inspiron 17 7737 heat sink

Close-up of the front of the motherboard. The processor and graphics card are directly soldered to the motherboard.

Dell Inspiron 17 7737 processor and graphics card

Close-up of all the parts together.

Close-up of all the parts

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5 Comments

  1. It seems you have to disassemble the entire computer just to clean the fan. Is there an easier way?

  2. I like your disassembly of the Dell 7737. I do want to replace the CMOS battery. However, it doesn’t show only one clip to remove the keyboard. I would appreciate information on this. Thanks

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