Replacing The System Board; Procedure; Post-Requisites - Dell XPS 8920 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 Slide the I/O ports on the system board into the slots on the chassis and align
the screw holes on the system board with the screw holes on the chassis.
2 Replace the screws that secure the system board to the chassis.
3 Route and connect the cables that you disconnected from the system board.
For more information, see

Post-requisites

1 Replace the processor.
2 Replace the processor fan and heat sink
3 Replace the wireless
4 Replace the solid-state
5 Replace the graphics
6 Replace the memory
7 Follow the procedure from step 3 to step 4 in
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