Dell Inspiron n5010 Hard Drive Removal

In this video I remove the hard drive from a Dell Inspiron n5010.




Table of contents:

Removal of:

Battery 0:09
CD Rom 0:23
Ram Memory 0:25
Keyboard 0:33
Top Case 1:49
Hard Drive HDD 2:33
Reassembly 2:41



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If you plan on working on your laptop, please take notes and take your time. This video makes things look very easy. Some connectors will fall apart easier than they will disconnect and can take several minutes to slowly work apart. It is VERY easy to break small components that are expensive to replace. Depending on your individual skill level you may have more of a chance of breaking something than fixing something so if your laptop is important to you, please let an experienced technician handle it. I have over 10 years experience working with computers. I will try my best to answer questions but please keep them related to the video and the work being done. Thank you for watching! Please subscribe. www.FastVideoTech.com

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[TerrenceMalick7]

can i put ssd instead of 5400rpm cheap hdd?

[FastVideoTech]

@TerrenceMalick7 Yes I do believe so. 

[Masamune7vii]

My cousin and his Step mom both got this computer and i think the C: and D: drives were switched, because they both have the same problem where the D: drive is 380GB of space and the C: drive has 11.2GB of space. i cant imagine this is how the computer was purposly designed. was it?

[FastVideoTech]

@Masamune7vii I have seen this problem before several times in Acer and Sony computers. You may be able to use a disk partitioning program like Partition Magic to change the sizes of the partitions. You could always wipe the drives and delete / create new partitions and load Windows again. Good luck!

[cinamoroll07]

Can you show how to clean CPU fan? Dell is trying all their might to sell me their software warranty, but I honestly think it's the CPU fan temp going up too high. Thanks in advance.

[FastVideoTech]

@cinamoroll07 A good free temp monitor program is HWmonitor and I think it's also called CPUID. I would be happy to clean out your laptop and make a video of the process. I typically charge 1 to 2 hours labor depending on what needs to be removed in order to access the fan. I will also apply new thermal paste so that your laptop can cool efficiently.

[trasheeone]

Unfortunately I have exactly the same laptop. It's just simply mind-blowing that you need to take your machine apart into atomic pieces in order to replace your HDD. Honestly, I would like to understand what the fuck motivated the jerk who came up with this design. He would deserve a shot in the head. Any other laptops of mine in the past twelve years had a simple way to do the same thing.

[MdL054]

What a stupid fucking design... good video thanks

[bossss56]

WTF ? i have my Inspiron n5010

no need to open in from top i can open it from bottom ,

[EmilehhJaneBunce]

@TheMightyMosher, I have this laptop also and I had that problem... Only thing to do is to wipe the WHOLE system and put it all back on. It's proably a virus though, so get a good anti virus!

[danyboyQ]

can u tell me if we can install a graphic card in this laptop and where do u install it if u can??

[GustavoBSucharski]

Thanks man!

[SimonCoweI]

Why the fuck did they make this so hard? Bastards eh?

[Lucianul007]

@trasheeone

u just need to turn it upside down mate and take the cover out and in 6 screws if i remember well it`s out wasy

I do NOT understand why this video made it so coplicated lol!!, at first i thought it was going for the cpu

[DJCREEDHDSQ]

Hello

If i wanna change the Ram parts. Can i replace it with clock rate of 1600mhz (not 1333mhz).

Is that possible?

Thanks for Help!!

[TheMightyMosher]

I have this laptop but recently it won't even go into the boot menu, it just sits there with a blank screen. :/

[LASERS2014]

Can I use a Samsung 2.5" 500GB SATA HDD?

[streetBALLEr190446]

@FastVideoTech hello, can you tell me where is the GPU located? i heard it is in the upper right side of the laptop near the eSATA connection. is it true?