Dell G5 15 User Manual

Removing the hard drive
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the
steps in Before working inside your computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside
your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/
regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard drive.
CAUTION: To avoid data loss, do not remove the hard drive while the computer is in sleep or on state.
Topics:
• Prerequisites
• Procedure
Prerequisites
1 Remove the base cover.
2 Remove the battery.
Procedure
NOTE
: The latch on the hard-drive locking connector is fragile. Pulling the latch forcefully may damage the hard-drive locking
connector. Exercise care when handling the latch on the hard-drive locking connector.
1 Open the latch and disconnect the hard-drive cable from the system board.
2 Peel o the hard-drive cable from the computer base.
3 Remove the four screws (M2.5x3+3) that secure the hard-drive assembly to the computer base.
4 Lift the hard-drive assembly, along with its cable, o the computer base.
5 Disconnect the interposer from the hard-drive assembly.
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Dell G5 15 Specifications

General

Tjunction	100 °C
Processor cache	12 MB
Processor cores	6
System bus rate	8 GT/s
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i7
Processor socket	BGA 1440
Processor threads	12
Processor codename	Coffee Lake
Processor frequency	2.6 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Configurable TDP-down	35 W
Processor lithography	14 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	4.5 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
PCI Express configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 W
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
On-board graphics card	Yes
On-board graphics card ID	0x3E9B
Discrete graphics card model	NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060
On-board graphics card model	Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Discrete graphics card memory	6 GB
Discrete graphics memory type	GDDR6
Maximum on-board graphics card memory	64 GB
On-board graphics card OpenGL version	4.5
On-board graphics card base frequency	350 MHz
On-board graphics card DirectX version	12.0
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)	1150 MHz
Display diagonal	15.6 \
Native aspect ratio	16:9
Internal memory	16 GB
Memory clock speed	2666 MHz
Internal memory type	DDR4-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	- GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	2 x 8 GB
SSD capacity	The Solid State Drive's storage capacity in Gigabytes.
SSD interface	NVMe, PCI Express
Storage media	SSD
SSD form factor	M.2
Total storage capacity	512 GB
Number of SSDs installed	1
Form factor	Clamshell
Product type	Laptop
Product color	Black
Front camera HD type	HD
Front camera signal format	720p
Number of built-in speakers	2
Antenna type	2x2
Top Wi-Fi standard	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
USB 2.0 ports quantity	-
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	3
Pointing device	Touchpad
Keyboard backlit color	Blue
Sustainability certificates	ENERGY STAR
Battery capacity	60 Wh
Number of battery cells	4
Processor ARK ID	191045
Processor package size	42 x 28 mm
Supported instruction sets	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX 2.0

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	273.4 mm
Width	364.3 mm
Height	23.7 mm
Weight	2680 g