Replacing The System Board; Procedure; Post-Requisites - Dell inspiron 11 3000 series 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 Before working inside your
instructions in After working inside your
home page at www.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 palm rest and keyboard assembly.
2. Replace the screw that secures the system board to the palm rest and keyboard assembly.
3. Slide the touch-pad cable and keyboard cable into their connectors and close the latches to secure the cables.
4. Connect the power-adapter port cable, speaker cable, and coin-cell battery cable to their connectors on the
system board.
5. Slide the display cable into the connector on the system board and close the latch to secure the cable.
6. Slide the display-cable bracket into the slot on the palm rest and keyboard assembly.
7. Align the screw hole on the display-cable bracket with the screw hole on the system board.
8. Replace the screw that secures the display-cable bracket to the system board.

Post-requisites

1. Replace the hard drive.
2. Replace the wireless
3. Replace the memory module.
4. Replace the battery.
5. Follow step 4 in "Replacing the I/O
6. Follow step 2 to step 5 in
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computer. After working inside your computer, follow the
computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance
card.
board".
"Replacing the base cover".
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