Removing The System Board - Dell OptiPlex 580 - Small Form Factor Service Manual

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System Board
Dell™ OptiPlex™ 580 Service Manual—Small Form Factor
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Removing the System Board

1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your
2. Remove the optical drive.
3. Remove the hard drive.
4. Remove the expansion card.
5. Remove the memory.
6. Remove the heat sink and processor.
7. Disconnect the processor power cable from the system board.
9. Disconnect the hard-drive and optical-drive data cables from the system board.
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