Upgrade and Maintenance Manual TX100 S3 Core Edition
Contents
13 Front panel and external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
13.1 Replacing the front panel module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
13.1.1 Required tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
13.1.2 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
13.1.3 Removing the On/Off button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
13.1.4 Removing the HDD activity LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
13.1.5 Removing the front panel cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
13.1.6 Installing the front panel cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
13.1.7 Installing the On/Off button and HDD activity LED . . . . . . . 182
13.1.8 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
13.2 Replacing the front USB module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
13.2.1 Required tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
13.2.2 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
13.2.3 Disconnecting the front USB cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
13.2.4 Removing the defective front USB module . . . . . . . . . . . 186
13.2.5 Removing the defective front USB board . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
13.2.6 Installing the new front USB board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
13.2.7 Installing the new front USB module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
13.2.8 Installing the front USB cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
13.2.9 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
14 System board and components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
14.1 Replacing the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
14.1.1 Required tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
14.1.2 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
14.1.3 Replacing the defective CMOS battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
14.1.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
14.2 Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
14.2.1 Removing / installing the system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
14.2.1.1 Required tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
14.2.1.2 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
14.2.1.3 Removing the system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
14.2.1.4 Installing the system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
14.2.1.5 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
14.2.2 Converting the system board to the Core Edition version
and storing the system’s serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
14.2.3 Updating the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
14.2.4 Checking operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215