Replacing the system board
WARNING: Before working inside your Embedded Box PC, read the
safety information that shipped with your Embedded Box PC and
follow the steps in
Before working inside your Embedded Box PC.
After working inside your Embedded Box PC, follow the steps in After
working inside your Embedded Box PC. For more safety best practices,
see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
www.dell.com/
regulatory_compliance.
NOTE: Your Embedded Box PC’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
appropriate changes again after you replace the system board.
Procedure
1 Place the system board on the chassis.
2 Align the screw holes on the system board with the screw holes in the
chassis.
3 Replace the screws that secure the system board to the chassis.
4 Connect the serial-port cable, SATA data-cable, and SATA power-cable
to the connectors on the system board.
Post-requisites
1 Replace the CPU board.
2 Replace the heat sink.
3 Replace the top cover.
4 Replace the riser card.
5 Replace the intrusion switch.
6 Replace the CANbus card or WWAN card.
7 Replace the WLAN card.
8 Replace the SIM card.
9 Replace the PCI/PCIe card (if necessary).
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