Inside of Dell Axim X5


Axim Advanced (400mhz) photos are here (scroll way down). Also a little help for anyone else crazy enough to want to dissasemble their axim is located at the bottom of the page.

Click on pictures for more detail. This is the basic (300mhz model), no customizations. In case you were wondering, it is currently reasembled and in fine working order. My overall goal is to get linux running on this thing. I was trying to determine whether or not a serial cable can be constructed, since Dell seemed to be of no help, but now apparently they now have one for sale (woot!). Also, I will be trying to figure out what each of the chips does. If I come up with anything interesting, I'll try to get it posted.

Enjoy the pictures.

Larry Parrington
parrlaw (at) iit (dot) edu


This is a view of the back of the device. The inscription on the two large chips is as follows:

MediaQ
MQ1132-BCC
AF3Q4
Taiwan
0243

Infineon
HYB39L128160AT-8
C     SEE 43311
0240

The inscription on the small chip to the right of the MediaQ chip and just above the CF slot:

LV245A
?   2AK     ("?" = texas instruments symbol)
E30C

The inscription on the board (as seen in the top of the picture):

MADE IN TAIWAN
02820-2   48.?0C04.021     (the "?" looked like a 1 to me but it was hard to tell)
P25   M.B


This is the front view.

Inscribed on the LCD:

A128A-P021120-571
A128-12


Close-up of the buttons. Not much to see here, all the chips are under the LCD.


Here's a peek under the LCD from the button side. The big chip on the right is the same Infineon as on the back side. The chip in the center is inscribed as follows:

PXA250B2C300
L2420602
INTEL   (M) (C) '01
Z242I052A
242   KOREA

The little chip just to the left of center:

MAX1775
EEE
245

And the chip that can just barely be seen at the top left (back in the shadow):

24003
2AW
Z9LE


A look under the LCD from the top side.

The two chips on the left (written on the sticker):

P25L
U12
11110200C

The WM chip in the front center:

WM9705
2AADLXS

The five smaller chips (clustered around the center):

LV245A
?   2AK     ("?" = texas instruments symbol)
E45T
And a few case pictures:







The 400mhz pictures


Courtesy of WolfmanGK from the dell forums.









And the 400mhz description:

SIDE 1

MEDIA Q
MQ1132-BCC
AF1G7
TAIWAN

TI
LV245A
2AK
E33C

INFINEON
HYB39L256160AT-8
A
0244
SVV46304

INTEL
PXA250B2C400
L2320375
2232I004B
232 KOREA

SIDE 2

INFINEON
HYB39L256160AT-8
A
0244
SVV46360

MAX
1775
EEE
.228

MAX
1742
EEE
2402

???
24003
2AW
Z1J9

WM
WM9705

TI
LV245A
2AK
PN7E
THIS CHIP OCCURS 4 TIMES

INTEL
P25H
U12
11110200C
THIS CHIP HAD A STICKER HIDING IT'S STATS

INTEL
P25H
U22
11110200C
THIS CHIP HAD A STICKER HIDING IT'S STATS

A Few Dissasembly Tips


There aren't really any plastic catches. After all the screws were out i was able to pop her open with pretty gentle effort. One thing that makes it difficult is that one of the rubber sides has to be removed. After two dissasemblies, the right rubber side on mine is starting to lose some of its stickiness, but im not really worried. There are 6 screws in back, two behind the battery, and one behind each rubber dealy. The top two rubber deals are stuck on with glue (mine still stick fine) and the bottom two are simply held in by a little friction.

Watch out for the speaker cable when you lift out the motherboard, its kinda short. I think the way to go on this one is to disconnect it at the board.

Also be wary of the LCD cable, in general it has been my experience that the less you fiddle with the LCD contacts, the more likely it is to work when you put it back together. You can see from the pictures that i never disconnected the cable.

Want to see some real photography? Or maybe you just need some sleeeeeeeeeeeee...
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last updated 1/26/03