Owners Manual

Removing the System Board

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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

NOTE: Your computer’s Service Tag is stored in the system board. You

must enter the Service Tag in the system setup after you replace the

system board.

NOTE: Replacing the system board removes any changes you have

made to the BIOS using System Setup. You must make the desired

changes again after you replace the system board.

NOTE: Before disconnecting the cables from the system board, note the

location of the connectors so that you can reconnect them correctly

after you replace the system board.

Prerequisites

1 Remove the battery.

2 Remove the base cover.

3 Remove the memory module.

4 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 3 in removing the hard drive.

5 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 2 in removing the optical drive.

6 Remove the wireless card.

7 Remove the keyboard.

8 Remove the palm rest.

9 Remove the battery-connector board.

10 Remove the optical-drive connector board.

Procedure

1 Close the display and turn the computer over.

2 Remove the antenna cables from the routing guides on the computer

base.

3 Slide the antenna cables through the slot on the computer base.