Replacing The System Board; Procedure - Dell XPS 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
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 Using the alignment posts, place the system on the palm-rest assembly and align
the screw holes on the system board with the screw holes on the palm-rest
assembly.
2 Replace the 10 screws (M1.6x2.5) that secure the system board to the palm-rest
assembly.
3 Slide the touchpad cable and the keyboard-controller board cable into the
system board and close the connector latches to secure the cables.
4 Connect the headset port cable, speaker cable, and display cable to the system
board.
5 Connect the antenna cables to the system board.
The following table provides the antenna cable color schemes for the wireless
card supported by your computer.
Table 3. Antenna-cable color scheme
Connectors on the wireless card
Main (white triangle)
Auxiliary (black triangle)
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Antenna-cable color
White
Black
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