Inside Dell Latitude 14 3420 – disassembly and upgrade options

This laptop’s bottom panel is held in place by 8 captive Phillips-head screws. After you undo them, the two on the back will lift the backside of the panel by a couple of millimeters. This will allow you to easily start the prying process.

2. Battery

Our unit was equipped with the larger 54Wh battery pack. To take the battery out of the machine, remove its connector from the motherboard. Undo all 4 Phillips-head screws, and lift it away.

3. Memory and storage

Here, you will see two SODIMM slots. According to Dell, they support up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM in total and work in dual-channel mode. Storage-wise, there is only one M.2 PCIe x4 slot.

4. Cooling system

Looking at the cooling, we are surprised to see two heat pipes. Other than that, it is pretty standard, with its heat sink, and fan of average size.

Check out all Dell Latitude 14 3420 prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.

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Pros

Great upgradeability
Stable and secure notebook
MicroSD card, Wi-Fi 6 support, and wide I/O
Great battery life
Charges with USB Type-C
Doesn't use aggressive PWM for brightness adjustment (Sharp XWXRY-LQ140M1 (SHP1542))
Optional IR face recognition, fingerprint reader, and LTE support