In this guide, I’ll explain how to disassemble Dell Vostro 5470 to remove and replace the keyboard, battery, hard drive, RAM, palm rest, wireless network card, cooling fan and motherboard, refer to this guide, you can upgrade, repair, clean your Vostro 5470.

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Remove all screws from the bottom case.

Pry up and remove the bottom case, you can separate the bottom case with a guitar pick.

• As for the processor, the Vostro 5470 comes with Intel Core i5 4th generation CPU paired with NVIDIA GeForce GT740M with 2GB RAM graphics card. Infact, this laptop also comes with two other processors, so you the choice of picking the one that best suit your needs. A sleek looking laptop, it also features upto 8GB Memory with 1600MHz DDR3L.
• The Dell Vostro 5470 comes with Seagate 500GB 5400RPM hard drive. Separating two clips with fingernails, the RAM will pop up automatically. It featured an SK Hynix 4GB PC3L-12800S 1600MHz memory. Remove the screw securing the cooling fan. There are two on each side of the fan. Remove six screws securing the heat sink. Heat sink and cooling fan.

When the bottom case removed, you can get access to the battery, hard drive, heat sink, cooling fan, wireless card, RAM, and motherboard.

Remove three screws securing the battery.
Disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard. Now the battery can be removed.

The laptop comes with a 51.2wh Li-ion battery, Dell part number: VH748.

Remove two screws securing the hard drive module
Remove the hard drive.

The Dell Vostro 5470 comes with Seagate 500GB 5400RPM hard drive.

Separating two clips with fingernails, the RAM will pop up automatically.

It featured an SK Hynix 4GB PC3L-12800S 1600MHz memory.

Remove the screw securing the cooling fan. There are two on each side of the fan.

The configuration is based on a 1.7GHz Intel Core i3-4010U processor with 4GB of RAM (can be expanded since there is one free memory slot), integrated Intel 4400 graphics and a hybrid solution when.

Remove six screws securing the heat sink.

Heat sink and cooling fan assembly

Dell Vostro 5470 cooling fan

Remove one screw securing the wireless card.
Unplug two antenna cables.

Intel wireless card

Unplug all cables from the motherboard.

Dell Vostro 5470 motherboard

Intel processor

Now you access the keyboard, if necessary, you can replace the keyboard.

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Speaker modules

Dell Vostro 5470

For those who are fed up if their desktops and are looking to move to a laptop, Dell has quite a range. One more from their shelves is the Dell Vostro 5470. With a case that is made from aluminum, it comes in two colours- silver or red for the users to pick from. Moving on to the display, this laptop is a widescreen model that comes with 14 inch HD LED Truelife display sporting 1366 x 768 pixel resolution that will blow your mind away with the sharpness and clarity. As for the processor, the Vostro 5470 comes with Intel Core i5 4th generation CPU paired with NVIDIA GeForce GT740M with 2GB RAM graphics card. Infact, this laptop also comes with two other processors, so you the choice of picking the one that best suit your needs. A sleek looking laptop, it also features upto 8GB Memory with 1600MHz DDR3L. What is more, the laptop weighs a mere 1.5kgs, which makes it easy for you to carry it around.

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