ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethefrontaudioandUSBassembly.
ToreplacethefrontaudioandUSBassembly,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputeranddisconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.
2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage79.
3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage80.
4.LocatethefrontaudioandUSBassembly.
5.DisconnectthefrontaudioandUSBassemblycablesfromthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartson
thesystemboard”onpage77.
Note:Makesureyounotethelocationsofthecableswhenyoudisconnectthecablesfromthesystem
board.
6.RemovethescrewthatsecuresthefrontaudioandUSBassemblybrackettothechassistoremove
thebracketfromthechassis.
Figure31.RemovingthefrontaudioandUSBassembly
7.InstallthenewfrontaudioandUSBassemblyintothechassisandalignthescrewholeinthebracket
withthecorrespondingholeinthechassis.
8.InstallthescrewtosecurethenewfrontaudioandUSBassemblytothechassis.
9.ReconnectthefrontaudioandUSBassemblycablestothefrontaudioconnectorandthefrontUSB
connectoronthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage77.
10.Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage101.
Completingthepartsreplacement
Aftercompletingtheinstallationorreplacementforallparts,youneedtoreinstallthecomputercoverand
reconnectcables.Dependingonthepartsyouinstalledorreplaced,youmightneedtoconrmtheupdated
informationintheSetupUtilityprogram.RefertoChapter6“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage43.
Toreinstallthecomputercoverandreconnectcablestoyourcomputer,dothefollowing:
Chapter8.ReplacingFRUs(MachineTypes:1577,1579,and1607)101