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System board assembly, Audio i/o cover – Dell Inspiron 2000 User Manual

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7. Reinstall the palmrest assembly.

8. Reinstall the keyboard assembly.

9. Reinstall the display assembly.

10. Reinstall the keyboard bezel.

System Board Assembly

Figure 20. System Board Assembly Removal

To remove the system board assembly, perform the following steps.

NOTICE: To avoid damaging the system board, you must

remove the main battery

before you service the computer.

NOTICE: The processor is not replaceable. Do not attempt to remove the thermal cooling solution.

1. Remove the

keyboard bezel

.

2. Remove the

display assembly

.

3. Remove the

keyboard assembly

.

4. Remove the

palmrest assembly

.

5. Use a 5-mm socket wrench to remove the four 5-mm socket screws for the VGA and parallel ports located on the back of the bottom case

assembly.

6. Use a small flat-blade screwdriver to remove the two media bay connector screws at both ends of the

media bay connector

located on the

back of the bottom case assembly.

NOTICE: To ensure maximum cooling for the microprocessor, do not touch the glue side of the thermal conductive tape. The oils in
your skin reduce the heat transfer capability on the glue side of the tape.

7. Peel up the thermal conductive tape that connects the audio EMI shield to the thermal cooling solution (see

Figure 20

).


You only need to peel up the part of the tape that lays on the thermal cooling solution. The end of the tape that lays on the audio EMI shield
can remain.

NOTICE: The

audio EMI shield

is attached to the USB connector housing with two-sided tape. To avoid bending the audio EMI

1 M2 x 8.5-mm screw

2 Modem retainer bracket

3 Modem

4 M2 x 3.5-mm screws (6)

5 PC Card cover

6 Reserve battery

7 EMI clip location

8 Bottom case assembly

9 Audio I/O port cover

10 M2 x 4-mm screws (2)

11 Speaker

12 Fan wire connector

13 Fan

14 Thermal cooling solution

15 System board

16 USB connector

17 Audio EMI shield

18 EMI adhesive sponge

19 RTC battery