need to install a ethernet adaptor and have no clue how to get the cover off. help please?
2006-12-28 03:23:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
its a dimension 4400
2006-12-28 03:35:26 · update #1
If it's a newer dell, there are two plastic buttons, one on the top and one of the bottom. Press both of them at the same time and pull your desktop in opposite directions. Your desktop will open like a book. You don't actually remove the cover.
2006-12-28 03:28:44 · answer #1 · answered by Patrick C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to http://support.dell.com
Type in the service tag code or model number of the PC
View the Service Manual and it will have the instructions
You did not give the model number, so can not be more specific
With most newer Dells, you press in releases on each side of the PC and it opens - no screws to remove.
2006-12-28 03:25:33 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dell uses a wide variety of case designs - if its the one with the big cut-out at either side if the front, just pull that funny black plastic thing on the rear of the top back and the whole right-hand side should spring open from the top. Just lift it off.
2006-12-28 03:41:25 · answer #3 · answered by Stephen L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What model Dell? There are usually screws on the back of the case holding the side on...unscrew them and slide the side of the case toward the back and then remove it. Another option is the clam shell case...if there are 2 buttons near the back of the case, push them and then open the case like a clam shell.
2006-12-28 03:25:54 · answer #4 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may have to call dell.
some of them are wierd
some have a screw and then a button to push or slide, then a torque on the panel.
best to call dell, or go to the web site, type in remove cover off of (model)
2006-12-28 03:30:13 · answer #5 · answered by mhp_wizo_93_418 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually there are screws on the back around the edges. Remove the screws then just slide cover up then back.
If not let me know.
2006-12-28 03:26:02 · answer #6 · answered by mikea_va 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the model, some have thumb screws on the side, while others have sliding caes whihc have a lock on the handel.
could you supply any other details like the model
2006-12-28 03:25:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
back of comp are two or three screws on the right side from top to bottom
remove those and slide the panel back
2006-12-28 03:25:11 · answer #8 · answered by Evermore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here's somebody dismantling a dell. maybe yours is the same.
2006-12-28 03:29:28 · answer #9 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hammer and chisel is best
2006-12-28 03:41:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋