Dell Inspiron 535/537/545/546 Service Manual

Technical Overview

Dell™ Inspiron™ 535/537/545/546 Service Manual

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Inside View of Your Computer

1

power supply

2

primary optical drive

3

secondary optical drive (optional)*

4

front bezel

5

secondary hard drive (optional)*

6

primary hard drive

7

media card reader (optional)

8

system board

9

card retention bracket

* available only on Inspiron™ 545/546

System Board Components

Inspiron 535/537

1

12 V power connector (ATX12V1)

2

processor socket

3

processor fan connector
(FAN_CPU)

4

memory module connector (DIMM1)

5

memory module connector (DIMM2)

6

password reset jumper (CLR_PSW)

7

main power connector (ATX1_POWER1)

8

SATA connector (SATA_1)

9

SATA connector (SATA_0)

10

front panel connector (FRONTPANEL)

11

CMOS reset jumper (CLR_CMOS)

12

front panel USB connector (F_USB2)

13

front panel USB connector (F_USB1)

14

front panel audio (FP_AUDIO)

15

PCI card slot (PCI_2)

16

PCI card slot (PCI_1)

17

battery socket (BATTERY)

18

PCI-Express x1 card slot (PCIEX1)

19

PCI-Express x16 card slot (PCIEX16)

20

chassis fan connector (FAN_SYS)

Inspiron 545

1

12 V power connector (PWR2)

2

processor socket

3

processor fan connector
(CPU_FAN)

4

memory module connector (DIMM1)

5

memory module connector (DIMM2)

6

memory module connector (DIMM3)

7

memory module connector (DIMM4)

8

main power connector (PWR1)

9

battery socket (BAT)

10

CMOS reset jumper (CLR_CMOS)

11

password reset jumper (PSWD)

12

SATA connector (SATA_1)

13

SATA connector (SATA_4)

14

front panel connector (FP1)

15

front panel USB connector (F_USB1)

16

SATA connector (SATA_5)

17

front panel USB connector (F_USB2)

18

front panel USB connector (F_USB3)

19

front panel audio (F_AUDIO)

20

PCI card slot (PCI2)

21

PCI card slot (PCI1)

22

SATA connector (SATA_0)

23

PCI-Express x1 card slot
(PCI-E_1X)

24

PCI-Express x16 card slot
(PCI-E1_16X)

25

chassis fan connector (SYS_FAN1)

Inspiron 546

1

12 V power connector (PWR2)

2

processor socket

3

processor fan connector
(CPU_FAN1)

4

memory module connector (DIMM4)

5

memory module connector (DIMM3)

6

memory module connector (DIMM2)

7

memory module connector (DIMM1)

8

password reset jumper (PSWD1)

9

main power connector (PWR1)

10

battery socket (BAT1)

11

CMOS reset jumper (CLR_CMOS1)

12

front panel connector (FP1)

13

SATA connector (SATA_2)

14

SATA connector (SATA_1)

15

SATA connector (SATA_0)

16

SATA connector (SATA_3)

17

front panel USB connector (F_USB1)

18

front panel USB connector (F_USB2)

19

front panel USB connector (F_USB3)

20

front panel audio (F_AUDIO1)

21

PCI card slot (PCI2)

22

PCI card slot (PCI1)

23

PCI-Express x16 card slot
(PCI-E_16X_1)

24

PCI-Express x1 card slot
(PCI-E_1X_1)

25

chassis fan connector (SYS_FAN1)

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