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  • Dell Latitude E6540 | Owner's Manual - Page 1
    Dell Latitude E6540 Owner's Manual Regulatory Model: P29F Regulatory Type: P29F001
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    tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2013 Dell Inc. Trademarks used in this text: Dell™, the Dell logo, Dell Boomi™, Dell Precision™ , OptiPlex™, Latitude™, PowerEdge™, PowerVault™, PowerConnect™, OpenManage
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    the Battery...13 Removing the Base Cover...13 Installing the Base Cover...15 Removing the Base Corner Caps...15 Installing the Base Corner Caps...16 Removing the Memory...16 Installing the Memory...17 Removing the Hard Drive...17 Installing the Hard Drive...18 Removing the Optical Drive...18
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    ...51 Boot Sequence...51 Navigation Keys...51 System Setup Options...52 Updating the BIOS ...60 System and Setup Password...61 Assigning a System Password and Setup Password 61 Deleting or Changing an Existing System and/or Setup Password 62 4 Technical Specifications...63 5 Contacting Dell...69
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    and clean to prevent the computer cover from being scratched. 2. Turn off your computer (see Turning Off Your Computer). 3. If the computer is connected to a docking device (docked) such as the optional Media Base or Battery Slice, undock it. CAUTION: To disconnect a network cable, first unplug the
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    : To avoid damaging the system board, you must remove the main battery before you service the computer. 7. Remove the main battery. 8. Turn the computer turn off your computer. 1. Shut down the operating system: - In Windows 8: * Using a touch-enabled device: a. Swipe in from the right edge of the
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    only the battery designed for this particular Dell computer. Do not use batteries designed for other Dell computers. 1. Connect any external devices, such as a port replicator, battery slice, or media base, and replace any cards, such as an ExpressCard. 2. Connect any telephone or network cables to
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    Tools The procedures in this document may require the following tools: • Small flat-blade screwdriver • Phillips screwdriver • Small plastic scribe System Overview Figure 1. Back View - Back Cover Removed 1. heat-sink assembly 2. hard drive 3. memory 4. SD card 5. ExpressCard slot 6. optical
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    corner cap (left) 9. WLAN card 10. docking port 11. battery bay 12. base corner cap (right) Figure 2. Top View - Keyboard and Palmrest Assembly removed 1. WiFi-switch board 2. speaker 3. ExpressCard cage 4. system board 5. speaker 6. hard-drive bay 7. VGA board 8. display assembly Removing the
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    . Installing the ExpressCard 1. Slide the ExpressCard in its slot until it clicks in place. 2. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the Battery 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer. 2. Slide the release latches to unlock the
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    3. Flip the battery out of the computer. 12
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    Installing the Battery 1. Slide the battery into its slot until it clicks into place. 2. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the Base Cover 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer. 2. Remove the screws that secure the base cover to the
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    3. Lift the base cover and remove it from the computer. 14
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    with the screw holes on the computer. 2. Tighten the screws to secure the base cover to the computer. 3. Install the battery. 4. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the Base Corner Caps 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer. 2. Remove the
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    corner caps to align with the screw holes on the computer. 2. Tighten the screws to secure the base corner caps to the computer. 3. Install: a) base cover b) battery 4. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the Memory 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside
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    2. Press the securing clips to secure the memory module to the system board. 3. Install: a) base corner caps b) base cover c) battery 4. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the Hard Drive 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer. 2. Remove the
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    on the hard drive. 2. Attach the hard-drive caddy to the hard drive. 3. Tighten the screws to secure the hard-drive caddy to the hard drive. 4. Slide the hard drive into the computer. 5. Tighten the screws to secure the hard drive to the computer. 6. Install the battery. 7. Follow the procedures
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    to the optical drive. Slide the optical-drive latch and remove it from the optical-drive. 5. Remove the screws that secure the optical-drive latch bracket to the optical drive. Remove the latch bracket from the optical drive. Installing the Optical Drive 1. Align the optical-drive latch bracket to
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    Inside Your Computer. Removing the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Card 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer. 2. Remove: a) battery b) base cover 3. Disconnect the antenna cables, remove the screw that secures the WLAN card to the system board and lift the WLAN card
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    connector. 3. Tighten the screw to secure the network-connector bracket to the computer. 4. Route the cable through the routing channel. 5. Connect the cable to the system board. 6. Install: a) base corner cap (left) b) base cover c) battery 7. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your
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    cable to the system board. 3. Install: a) base cover b) battery 4. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the Power Connector 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer. 2. Remove: a) battery b) base corner cap (right) c) base cover 3. Perform the
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    . 3. Tighten the screw to secure the power-connector bracket to the computer. 4. Route the cable through the routing channel. 5. Connect the cable to the system board. 6. Install: a) base cover b) base corner cap (right) c) battery 7. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. 23
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    1. Slide the heat-sink assembly to its position on the system board. 2. Tighten the screws to secure the heat-sink assembly to the system board. 3. Connect the fan cable to the system board. 4. Install: a) base cover b) battery 5. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. 24
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    and insert the processor into the socket. 2. Rotate the processor-cam lock in a clockwise direction. 3. Install: a) heat-sink assembly b) base cover c) battery 4. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the Keyboard 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your
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    cable to the system board. 2. Slide the keyboard into its compartment and until it clicks into place. 3. Tighten the screws to secure the keyboard to the palmrest assembly. 4. Align the keyboard trim on its compartment and press along the sides until it snaps in place. 5. Install the battery. 26
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    procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer. 2. Remove: a) SD card b) ExpressCard c) battery d) keyboard e) display-hinge cap f) base cover g) base corner caps 3. Remove the screws that secure the palmrest assembly to the base of the computer. 4. Flip the computer and remove the screws that
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    5. Disconnect the following cables: a) fingerprint-reader b) touchpad c) power-button 28
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    6. Pry the palmrest assembly upwards and remove it from the computer. 29
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    -reader 4. Flip the computer and tighten the screws to secure the palmrest assembly to the base of the computer. 5. Install: a) base corner caps b) base cover c) display-hinge cap d) keyboard e) battery f) ExpressCard g) SD card 6. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. 30
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    screw to secure the WiFi-switch board to the computer. 3. Connect the cable to the system board. 4. Install: a) palmrest assembly b) base cover c) base corner caps d) display-hinge cap e) keyboard f) battery g) ExpressCard h) SD Card 5. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. 31
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    Removing the VGA Board 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer. 2. Remove: a) SD Card b) ExpressCard c) battery d) keyboard e) display-hinge cap f) base cover g) base corner caps h) palmrest assembly 3. Remove the screws that secure the VGA board to the computer and remove it
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    cage to the computer. 3. Install: a) palmrest assembly b) base corner caps c) base cover d) display-hinge cap e) keyboard f) battery g) ExpressCard h) SD Card 4. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the System Board 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside
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    h) base cover i) base corner caps j) power connector k) coin-cell battery l) memory m) WLAN card n) heat-sink assembly o) processor p) palmrest assembly q) VGA board r) ExpressCard cage 3. Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration: a) Disconnect the WiFi-switch from the system board.
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    5. Lift the system board from the computer. 35
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    cables to the system board: a) speaker b) WiFi-switch 4. Install: a) ExpressCard cage b) VGA board c) palmrest assembly d) processor e) heat-sink assembly f) WLAN card g) memory h) coin-cell battery i) power connector j) base corner caps k) base cover l) display-hinge cap m) optical drive 36
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    ExpressCard c) battery d) keyboard e) hard drive f) optical drive g) display-hinge cap h) base cover i) base corner caps j) palmrest assembly k) power connector l) coin-cell battery m) memory n) WLAN card o) heat-sink assembly p) processor q) VGA board r) ExpressCard cage s) system board 3. Remove
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    4. Lift the speakers from the computer. 38
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    screws to secure the speakers. 3. Install: a) system board b) ExpressCard cage c) VGA board d) processor e) heat-sink assembly f) WLAN card g) memory h) coin-cell battery i) power connector j) palmrest assembly k) base corner caps l) base cover m) display-hinge cap n) optical drive o) hard drive 39
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    Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer. 2. Remove the battery. 3. Remove the screws that secure the display-hinge cap to the Working Inside Your Computer. 2. Remove: a) battery b) display-hinge cap c) base cover d) base corner caps 3. Disconnect the antenna cables connected
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    4. Disconnect the LVDS cable and release the LVDS cable and camera cable from the routing channel. Remove them from the computer. 41
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    5. Remove the screws that secure the display assembly to the computer. 42
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    6. Remove the display assembly from the computer. 43
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    antenna cables to the WLAN card on the computer. 6. Connect the camera cable to the computer. 7. Install: a) base corner caps b) base cover c) display-hinge cap d) battery 8. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the Display Bezel 1. Follow the procedures in Before
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    b) display-hinge cap c) base cover d) base corner caps e) display assembly 3. Pry up along the edges to release the display bezel. 4. Remove the display bezel from the display assembly. 45
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    the display assembly. 3. Press on the left and right edges of the display bezel. 4. Install: a) display assembly b) base corner caps c) base cover d) display-hinge cap e) battery 5. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the Display Panel 1. Follow the procedures in
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    3. Remove the screws that secure the display panel to the display assembly. 4. Flip the display panel over. 47
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    the screws to secure the display panel to the display assembly. 4. Install: a) display bezel b) display assembly c) base corner caps d) base cover e) display-hinge cap f) battery 5. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the Display Hinges 1. Follow the procedures in
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    to secure the display hinges to the display assembly. 3. Install: a) display panel b) display bezel c) display assembly d) base corner caps e) base cover f) display-hinge cap g) battery 4. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the Camera 1. Follow the procedures in
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    Installing the Camera 1. Place the camera module in its slot in the computer. 2. Tighten the screw to secure the camera to the display assembly. 3. Connect the camera cable. 4. Install: a) display bezel b) display assembly c) battery 5. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer. 50
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    Sequence Boot Sequence allows you to bypass the System Setup‐defined boot device order and boot directly to a specific device (for example: optical drive or hard drive). During the Power-on Self Test (POST), when the Dell logo appears, you can: • Access System Setup by pressing key • Bring up
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    Sequence Displays the charge status of the battery. Allows you to change the order in which the computer attempts to find an operating system. All the below options are selected. • Diskette Drive • Internal HDD • Onboard NIC • USB Storage Device • CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive You can also choose the Boot
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    NIC Parallel Port Serial Port SATA Operation Drives SMART Reporting Description Allows you to configure the integrated network controller. The options are: • Disabled • Enabled • Enabled w/PXE (Default Setting) Allows you to define and set how the parallel port on the docking station operates. You
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    : • Enable Boot Support • Enable External USB Port Default Setting: Both the options are enabled. Allows you to configure the behavior of the USB PowerShare feature. The option is disabled by default. • Enable USB PowerShare Allows you to enable or disable the integrated audio controller. The option
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    Support Description Allows you to set the panel brightness when the ambient sensor is Off. Description Allows you to set, change, or delete the administrator (admin) password. NOTE: You must set the admin password before you set the system or hard drive System and the Internal HDD password feature
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    Performance Option Multi Core Support Intel SpeedStep C States Control Limit CPUID Intel TurboBoost Hyper-Thread Control Description Allows you by default. Description Allows you to enable or disable the secure boot feature. The options are: • Disabled (Default Setting) • Enabled Description This
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    Option AC Behavior Auto On Time Deep Sleep Control USB Wake Support Wireless Radio Control Wake on LAN/WLAN Block Sleep Peak Shift enabled in the operating system. This feature only works when the computer is connected to AC power supply. • Disabled - Does not allow the system to power on by
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    Custom Allows you to define the how to charge the battery. Battery Charge Mode in order to enable this opiton. Allows you to enable the system to sense nearby wireless connection while the system options are: • Serial Mouse • PS2 Mouse feature of PS-2 keyboard with the key feature in an
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    , andVirtualization Technology for Direct I/O must be enabled to use this feature. Description Allows you to determine which wireless device can be controlled by the wireless switch. The options are: • WWAN • WiGig • WLAN • Bluetooth All options are enabled by default. Allows you to enable or
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    your BIOS (system setup), on replacing the system board or if an update is available. For laptops, ensure that your computer battery is fully charged and connected to a power outlet 1. Restart the computer. 2. Go to dell.com/support. 3. If you have your computer's Service Tag or Express Service Code
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    password Setup password Description Password that you must enter to log on to your system. Password that you must enter to access and make changes to the BIOS settings of your computer. CAUTION: The password features provide a basic level of security for the data on your computer. CAUTION: Anyone
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    Password Status is Locked. To enter the System Setup, press immediately after a power-on or reboot. 1. In the System BIOS or System Setup screen, select System Security and press . The System Security screen is displayed. 2. In the System Security screen, verify that Password Status is
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    External Bus Frequency PCIe Gen2 (5GT/s) Table 15. Processor Feature Types L3 cache Specification Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7series 3 MB, 4MB, 6 MB and 8 MB Table 16. Memory Feature Memory connector Memory capacity Memory type Minimum memory Maximum memory Table 17. Audio Feature Type Controller
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    system board Intel HD Graphics 4600 AMD MARS-XTX PCI-E Gen3 x8 • one VGA • one HDMI NOTE: Support two DP/DVI ports through Docking station. Specification 1280 x 720 pixels 1280 x 720 pixels 74 ° Specification 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet (RJ-45) internal wireless local area network (WLAN) and wireless
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    Memory card reader Micro Subscriber Identity Module (uSIM) card Docking port Table 22. Contactless Smart Card Feature Supported Smart Cards/Technologies Table 23. Display Feature Type Dimensions: Height Width Diagonal Active area (X/Y) Maximum resolution Maximum Brightness Refresh rate Minimum
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    Operating Non-Operating Coin-cell battery Table 27. AC Adapter Feature Type Input voltage Input current (maximum) Input frequency Output current Rated output voltage Temperature range: Operating Non-Operating Table 28. Physical Feature Height Width Depth Weight Specification 6 cell (65 whr) lithium
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    Feature Temperature: Operating Storage Relative humidity (maximum): Operating Storage Altitude (maximum): Operating Non-Operating Airborne contaminant level Specification 0 °C to 35 °C (32 °F to 95 °F) -40 °C to 65 °C (-40 °F to 149 °F) 10 % to 90 % (non condensing) 5 % to 95 % (non condensing) -15
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    may not be available in your area. To contact Dell for sales, technical support, or customer service issues: 1. Visit dell.com/support 2. Select your support category. 3. Verify your country or region in the Choose a Country/Region drop-down menu at the top of page. 4. Select the appropriate
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Dell Latitude E6540
Owner's Manual
Regulatory Model: P29F
Regulatory Type: P29F001