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Dell Latitude 3440 Disassembly and RAM, HDD Upgrade Options

In this guide, you will learn how to disassemble a Dell Latitude 3440 to remove the keyboard, DVD drive, hard drive, RAM, palm rest, speakers, wireless card, cooling fan, bottom case, and motherboard. Refer to this guide. You can upgrade, repair, and clean your Latitude 3440.

Dell Latitude 3440

Unlock and remove the battery.
Remove the battery.

The Dell Latitude 3440 comes with an 11.1V, 65Wh Li-ion battery. Dell part number: MR90Y.
MR90Y

Remove the screw securing the optical drive.
Remove the screw

Pull out the optical drive.
Remove the DVD drive

The Dell Latitude 3440 comes with a Panasonic UJ8C2 optical drive.
Panasonic UJ8C2

Remove the screw securing the service cover. Insert a pry bar under the service cover and gently pry it open.
When the service cover is removed, you can get access to the RAM, hard drive, and wireless card.

We found that this notebook has two memory slots, but only one memory module is pre-installed, so users can install a new memory module.
Remove the service cover

Remove the two screws securing the hard drive, then remove the hard drive.
Remove the hard drive

The Dell Latitude 3440 comes with an HGST 500GB 5400 RPM hard drive.
Dell Latitude 3440 hard drive

Samsung 2GB DDR3L-12800S memory
Memory module

The Dell Latitude 3440 comes with a DW1705 wireless card, and the Dell part number is 0C3Y43.
0C3Y43

Remove all screws from the bottom case.
Remove all screws

Turn over the laptop.
Use a screwdriver to insert it into the top of the keyboard to release the five clips from the palm rest. Then lift the keyboard from the top.
Flip the keyboard over and place it on the palm rest, then disconnect the keyboard cable.
Dell Latitude 3440 keyboard

Keyboard

Disconnect all cables and remove all screws.
Insert a pry tool between the bottom cover and the palm rest, and slide the pry tool to separate the palm rest from the bottom cover.
Remove the palm rest

Palm rest

Unplug the LCD cable, USB cable, speaker cable, and DC jack.
Remove all screws securing the motherboard. Then lift the motherboard from the left side and remove it.
Remove the motherboard

Bottom case
Bottom case

USB board
USB board

Dell Latitude 3440 motherboard and cooling fan
Motherboard

Motherboard

CMOS battery
CMOS battery

Here is the heatsink and cooling fan.
Cooling system

Various Ports on the motherboard
Ports

Ports

Dell Latitude 3440 internal parts
Internal parts

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