Side Cover; Removing The Side Cover; Installing The Side Cover - Dell OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor Service Manual

1. Side cover

3. Heat-sink and fan assembly
5. WLAN card
7. System board
9. Power supply unit
11. Expansion card
13. Processor
Side cover

Removing the side cover

Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in
NOTE: Ensure that you remove the security cable from the security-cable slot (if applicable).
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the side cover and provide a visual representation of the removal procedure.
Steps
1. Loosen the two thumb-screws on the side cover and slide the side cover towards the back of the computer.
2. Lift the side cover from the chassis.

Installing the side cover

Prerequisites
If you are replacing a component, remove the existing component before performing the installation procedure.
before working inside your
2. Hard-drive assembly
4. Memory module
6. M.2 solid-state drive
8. Front bezel
10. Chassis
12. Optical drive
14. Speaker
computer.
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