System board
Removing the system board
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the side cover.
3. Remove the hard drive, if applicable.
4. Remove the coin-cell battery.
5. Remove the M.2 2230 solid-state drive or M.2 2280 solid-state drive, whichever applicable.
6. Remove the wireless card.
7. Remove the speaker.
8. Remove the fan.
9. Remove the memory.
10. Remove the heat sink.
11. Remove the processor.
12. Remove the optional I/O module (VGA/HDMI/DP/Serial)or the optional Type-C module, whichever applicable.
About this task
The following images indicate the system board connectors.
1. M.2 WLAN connector
2. M.2 SSD PCIe connector (2230/2280)
Removing and installing Field Replaceable Units (FRUs)
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