Dell Inspiron 17 7737Dell Laptop
Dell Inspiron 17 7737 disassembly and RAM, HDD Upgrade Options
This article explains how to remove/replace the battery, hard drive, RAM, wireless card, keyboard, fan, and motherboard of the Dell Inspiron 17 7737 notebook.
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First photos of the front and back of the laptop.
Remove the two screws to remove the back cover. You can see the battery and the hard drive.
Remove the screws fixing the battery and the hard drive to remove them, to remove the hard drive. You also need to disconnect the connector.
Unscrew the screw to remove the memory access door.
Unscrew the screw next to the RAM module slot and then pull out the DVD drive.
A photo of the removed DVD drive
Remove the two RAM modules.
Then remove all screws you can see on the bottom cover.
Turn to the front side, press the only keyboard clip, turn over the keyboard, and disconnect the cable to remove the keyboard.
Disconnect the cables on the palm rest.
Now, turn to the bottom to remove the bottom cover.
The two speakers
Dell Inspiron 17 7737 fan and heat sink assembly
Dell Inspiron 17 7737 USB ports.
Unplug the two wireless antennas and remove the fixing screw to remove the wireless card.
Disconnect the connectors on the motherboard, and remove the screws fixing it (if there are screws), and then you can take out the motherboard.
A photo of the remaining laptop
Unplug the fan cable and remove the screws fixing the heat sink. You can remove the fan and heat sink assembly.
The remaining motherboard
Finally, a photo of all the parts together
It seems you have to disassemble the entire computer just to clean the fan. Is there an easier way?
This was extremely helpful. Thank you very much!
Will the motherboard with discrete graphics fit in the non-discrete chassis? I want to upgrade.
Dell Inspiron 7737 have no discrete graphics, you can not upgrade.
I like your disassembly of the dell 7737. I do want to replace the CMOS battery however, it doesn’t show the only one clip to remove the keyboard. I would appreciate information on this. Thanks