Service Manual

Removing the system board

WARNING: Before working inside your tablet, read the safety

information that shipped with your tablet and follow the steps in

Before working inside your tablet. After working inside your tablet,

follow the instructions in After working inside your tablet. For more

safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at

www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

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

enter the Service Tag in the BIOS setup program after you replace the

system board.

NOTE: Replacing the system board removes any changes you have

made to the BIOS using the BIOS setup program. 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 the cables

correctly after you replace the system board.

Prerequisites

1 Remove the battery.

2 Remove the solid-state drive.

3 Remove the wireless card.

Procedure

1 Disconnect the speaker cables, camera cables, microphone cable, and

coin-cell battery cable from the system board.