System board
Removing the system board
1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the:
a. stand
b. back cover
c. cable cover
d. speaker cover
e. speaker
f. hard drive
g. optical drive
h. VESA mount bracket
i. system board shield
j. SSD card
k. WLAN card
l. memory
m. heat sink
n. system fan
o. processor
p. coin cell battery
q. power supply unit
3. Disconnect the following cables from the system board:
a. display [1]
b. system fan [2]
c. SATA [3]
d. side button cable [4]
e. intrusion switch, hard drive and optical drive [5]
f. speaker [6]
g. camera and microphone [7]
Disassembly and reassembly
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