Removing The System Board; Prerequisites; Procedure - Dell XPS 13 Service Manual

Removing 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
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practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
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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.
NOTE: Before disconnecting the cables from the system board, note the
location of the connectors so that you can reconnect the cables correctly
after you replace the system board.

Prerequisites

1 Remove the base
2 Remove the battery.
3 Remove the wireless
4 Remove the solid-state
5 Remove the heat

Procedure

1 Peel off the tape that secures the antenna cables and power-adapter port cable
to the system board.
2 Disconnect the camera cable, touchscreen cable (optional), power-adapter port
cable, and coin-cell battery cable from the system board.
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