Dell Inspiron 8000 - System Board Assembly; Removing the System Board

1. Seat the reserve battery and press it into place.
2. Connect the reserve battery cable.
3. Place the palm rest bracket loosely in the palm rest, and connect the palm rest flex cable to the ZIF connector.
4. Replace the two M2.5 x 4-mm screws that secure the palm rest bracket to the palm rest.
System Board Assembly
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The system board's BIOS contains the system service tag number, which is also visible on a bar-code label on the bottom of the computer. The replacement kit
for the system board assembly includes a floppy disk or CD that provides a utility for transferring the service tag number to the replacement system board
assembly.
Removing the System Board
1. Follow the instructions in "Preparing to Work Inside the Computer."
2. Remove the hard drive and fixed optical drive.
3. Remove any installed Mini PCI cards.
4. If migrating the memory, remove all installed memory modules.
5. Remove the keyboard assembly.
6. Remove the hinge cover.
7. Remove the display assembly.
8. Remove the palm rest assembly.
9. Remove the video card.
10. Remove the microprocessor thermal cooling assembly.
11. If migrating the microprocessor, remove the microprocessor module.
12. Remove the three M2.5 x 4-mm captive-washer screws from the system board.
13. Remove the M2.5 x 20-mm screw from the center of the LED board.
14. Lift the front of the system board and work it out of the back panel.
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NOTICE: Disconnect the computer and attached devices from electrical outlets and remove any installed batteries.
NOTICE: To avoid ESD, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer.
NOTICE: After replacing the microprocessor module, update the BIOS using a flash BIOS update program floppy disk or CD that came with the
replacement microprocessor.