Support Plate Removal; Removing The Support Plate Mounting Screws - NEC PowerMate 2000 Series Service And Reference Manual

Support Plate Removal

Remove the support plate from the system board as follows.
Note
system board to remove the network board, CPU fan, PC
card bay, or CMOS battery. The support plate does not need
to be removed if removing the processor and heat sink.
1. Remove the system board and support plate assembly (see "System Board
and Support Plate Removal" earlier in this section).
2. Position the assembly so that the network board side of the system board is
facing up (see the following figure).
3. Remove the screw (
to the system board.
4. Slide the black plastic shield (
special screw (
5. Remove the special screw (
Be sure to use this screw when reassembling the support plate to the circuit
board.
6. Lift the system board off the support plate and set the board on a static free
surface. Use care to prevent damage to the diskette drive and CD-ROM
drive cables on the system board.

Removing the Support Plate Mounting Screws

A – Support Plate
B – Network Board Screw
C – Network Board
D – System Board
3-12 Disassembly and Reassembly
:
The support plate must be removed from the
B ) securing the support plate (
) out of the PC card bay (
F
E ).
E ) securing the system board to the support plate.
A ) and network board (
) to access the
G
E – Special Screw
F – Plastic Shield
G – PC Card Bay
C )