Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Latitude 3420 Service Manual
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw List
- Major components of your system
- MicroSD-card
- SIM card tray
- Base cover
- Battery cable
- Battery
- Memory module
- M.2 solid-state drive thermal plate
- M.2 solid-state drive conversion bracket
- M.2 solid-state drive
- Hard-disk drive
- WLAN card
- WWAN card
- I/O cable
- Display assembly
- System fan
- Heatsink assembly
- Power adapter port
- Coin-cell battery
- USB cable
- Ethernet port
- I/O board
- Power-button board
- System board
- Speakers
- Touchpad
- WWAN I/O board
- Palmrest assembly
- Display bezel
- Display panel
- Camera
- Display cable
- Display back-cover
- Drivers and downloads
- System setup
- Troubleshooting
- Built-in self-test (BIST)
- LCD Built-in Self Test (BIST)
- Dell SupportAssist Pre-boot System Performance Check diagnostics
- Diagnostic LED behavior
- Diagnostic error messages
- System error messages
- Recovering the operating system
- Real-Time Clock (RTC Reset)
- Flashing the BIOS
- Backup media and recovery options
- WiFi power cycle
- Flea power release
- Getting help and contacting Dell
I/O board
Removing the I/O board
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the microSD-card.
3. Remove the SIM card tray for 4G LTE enabled systems.
4. Enter the service mode.
5. Remove the base cover.
6. Remove the ethernet port.
About this task
NOTE: The following image is from computers with integrated graphic card. For computers with discrete graphic card, the
system board has a different configuration.
NOTE: The following image is from systems without power-button board.
The following image indicates the location of the I/O board and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.
Steps
1. For systems shipped with power-button board, peel the adhesive, open the latch and disconnect the power-button board
cable from the connector on the I/O board.
2. Open the latch and disconnect the I/O cable from the connector on the system board.
3. Disconnect the USB cable and coin-cell cable from the connectors on the system board.
4. Remove the two (M2x3) screws that secure the I/O board on the palmrest assembly.
5. Lift and remove the I/O board from the palmrest assembly.
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