Inside Dell Latitude 14 3400 – disassembly and upgrade options

LaptopMedia.com Highlights Inside Dell Latitude 14 3400 - disassembly and upgrade options

From: Alex Iliev 16 July 2019 / 03:47 0

Dell Latitude 14 3400 is an all-new relatively affordable business notebook. It has some features, forgotten from the time, like the VGA port for example. Let’s see if the lower price tag compromises the overall usability of the device.

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Dell Latitude 14 3400

Processor: Intel Core i3-8145U
VideoCard: Intel UHD Graphics 620
RAM: 4GB RAM
STORAGE: 500GB HDD

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Dell Latitude 3400

Processor: Intel Core i5-8265U
VideoCard: Intel UHD Graphics 620
RAM: 8GB RAM
STORAGE: 256GB SSD

Detailed review

Dell Latitude 3400

Processor: Intel Core i5-8265U
VideoCard: Intel UHD Graphics 620
RAM: 8GB RAM
STORAGE: 256GB SSD

Detailed review

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1. Remove the bottom plate

There are a total of 9 Phillips-head screws that hold the bottom plate in place. Interestingly, all of them stay attached to the plate itself. This is extremely useful for people like us, who tend to lose screws around all the time. After you undo the screws, remove the panel by prying with a plastic tool.

2. Battery and storage

First things first, before you start with any removal of hardware from the motherboard, make sure you first disconnect the battery connector. Speaking of which, the battery itself is a rather beefy (for the size) 56Wh unit, that is mounted to the body via 5 screws. What is interesting about the battery is that it has a modular cable that can be removed from the battery for easier servicing. Just on the right of the power pack, there is an M.2 slot that is NVMe enabled.

3. Memory

In terms of memory, there are not one but two RAM DIMMs, which is pretty rare for a 14-inch device.

4. Cooling system

Expectedly, the cooling solution consists of a single heat pipe, connecting the CPU to a single heatsink. The size of the fan seems to be reasonable, given the thermal effective hardware.