Replacing The System Board; Procedure - Dell Inspiron 11 3000 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
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 appropriate
changes again after you replace the system board.

Procedure

1 Align the screw holes on the system board with the screw holes on the palmrest
and keyboard assembly.
2 Replace the screw that secures the system board to the palmrest and keyboard
assembly.
3 Connect the power-adapter port cable and the speaker cable to the system
board.
4 Slide the touch-pad cable into the slot on the system board and press down the
latch to secure the cable.
5 Slide the keyboard cable into its slot on the system board and press down the
latch to secure the cable.
6 Slide the I/O-board cable into the slot on the system board and press down the
latch to secure the cable.
7 Align the screw hole on the display-cable bracket to the screw holes on the
system board.
8 Replace the screw that secures the display-cable bracket to the screw holes on
the system board.
9 Connect the display cable to the system board.
10 Connect the coin-cell battery and speaker cables from the system board.
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