System board
Removing the system board
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in
2. Remove the
base
cover.
3. Remove the
4-cell battery (64 Wh)
4. Remove the
M.2 2230 solid-state drive
5. Remove the
wireless
card.
6. Remove the
display
assembly.
7. Remove the fan.
8. Remove the
heat sink (UMA)
About this task
The following image indicates the connectors on your system board.
1. Display-board cable connector
2. Display-cable connector
3. Battery-cable connector
4. Keyboard-backlight cable connector
5. Keyboard-cable connector
6. Touchpad-cable connector
7. Speaker-board cable connector
8. Speaker-cable connector
9. M.2 solid-state drive connector
10. M.2 wireless-card connector
11. I/O-board cable connector
12. Fan-cable connector
The following images indicate the location of the system board and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.
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Removing and installing components
Before working inside your
or the
6-cell battery (86
or the
M.2 2280 solid-state
or the
heat sink
(discrete), whichever is applicable.
computer.
Wh), whichever is applicable.
drive, whichever is applicable.