Quick Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Reference
- Hardware Basics
- Maintenance Basics
- Preventing static electricity discharge
- Opening the case
- Closing the case
- Adding or replacing memory
- Replacing the system battery
- Adding or replacing a CD or DVD drive
- Adding or replacing an optional diskette drive
- Adding or replacing the memory card reader
- Adding or replacing a hard drive
- Replacing the front fan
- Replacing the rear fan
- Replacing the power supply
- Replacing the heat sink and processor
- Replacing the I/O board
- Adding or replacing an expansion card
- Replacing the system board
- Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information
- Index
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10 Remove the seven system board screws.
11 Lift the system board up and out of the case.
12 Align the new system board on the standoffs and secure it into the
computer case with the screws.
13 If your replacement system board does not include a processor, go to
Step 14.
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If your replacement system board includes a processor, go to Step 17.
14 Release the processor from the old system board by pushing down on the
lever and then lifting the lever completely up.
15 Remove the processor from the old system board.
16 Install the processor onto the new system board making sure that Pin 1
on the processor (indicated by the silk-screened arrow on the corner of
the processor) aligns with Pin 1 on the processor socket (indicated by the
absence of a pin hole in the processor socket), then return the lever to its
locked position.
17 Connect the power and data cables using your notes from Step 9.
Screws
Screws