Replacing The System Board; Procedure - Dell Inspiron 13 Service Manual

Replacing the system board

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
working inside your
the instructions in
practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/
regulatory_compliance.
NOTE: Your computer's Service Tag is stored in the system board. You
must enter the Service Tag in the BIOS setup program after you replace the
system board.
NOTE: Replacing the system board removes any changes you have made to
the BIOS using the BIOS setup program. You must make the desired
changes again after you replace the system board.

Procedure

1 Align the screw holes on the system board with the screw holes on the
computer base.
2 Replace the screw that secures the system board to the computer base.
3 Connect the power-adapter port cable and the speaker cable to the system
board.
4 Slide the touch-pad cable and keyboard-backlight cable into the connectors on
the system board and press down the latches to secure the cable.
5 Slide the keyboard cable into the connector on the system board and press
down the latch to secure the cable.
6 Connect the hard-drive cable to the system board.
7 Slide the Windows-button board cable into the connector on the system board
and press down the latch to secure the cable.
8 Adhere the tape to the Windows-button board connector.
9 Connect the display cable to the system board.
10 Align the screw holes on the display-cable bracket with the screw holes on the
system board.
11 Replace the screws that secure the display-cable bracket to the system board.
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