System Board Assembly; Removing The System Board - Dell Inspiron 8100 Manual

1. Seat the reserve battery and press it into place.
2. Connect the reserve battery cable.
3. Place the palm rest bracket loosely in the palm rest, and connect the palm rest flex cable to the ZIF connector.
4. Replace the two M2.5 x 4-mm screws that secure the palm rest bracket to the palm rest.

System Board Assembly

NOTICE: Disconnect the computer and attached devices from electrical outlets and remove any installed batteries.
NOTICE: To avoid ESD, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer.
The system board's BIOS contains the system service tag number, which is also visible on a bar-code label on the bottom of the computer. The replacement kit
for the system board assembly includes a floppy disk or CD that provides a utility for transferring the service tag number to the replacement system board
assembly.
NOTICE: After replacing the microprocessor module, update the BIOS using a flash BIOS update program floppy disk or CD that came with the
replacement microprocessor.

Removing the System Board

1. Follow the instructions in "Preparing to Work Inside the
2. Remove the hard drive and
3. Remove any installed Mini PCI
4. If migrating the memory, remove all installed
5. Remove the keyboard assembly.
6. Remove the hinge cover.
7. Remove the display assembly.
8. Remove the palm rest assembly.
9. Remove the video card.
10. Remove the microprocessor thermal cooling
11. If migrating the microprocessor, remove the microprocessor module.
12. Remove the three M2.5 x 4-mm captive-washer screws from the system board.
13. Remove the M2.5 x 20-mm screw from the center of the LED board.
14. Lift the front of the system board and work it out of the back panel.
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