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Control panel – Dell OptiPlex GX400 User Manual

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Control Panel

Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX400 Service Manual 

  

Components

  

Removing the Control Panel

  

Replacing the Control Panel

Components

The following figure shows the control panel and the location of its principal connectors and components.

Control Panel Components

 

Removing the Control Panel

1.  Turn off the computer and devices, disconnect them from their electrical outlets, wait at least 5 seconds, and then

remove the computer cover

.

2.  

Remove the front panel

.

3.  

Remove the AGP card brace

or

AGP card clip

.

4.  

Remove all expansion cards

.

5.  

Remove the hard-drive bracket

.

6.  

Remove the expansion-card guide

.

7.  

Remove the chassis intrusion switch

.

8.  Remove the screw that secures the control panel.

9.  Pull the control panel out slightly and unplug the control panel cable.

10.  To remove the control panel cable:

a.  Pull the control panel connector inside the chassis through the opening.

b.  Disconnect the control panel cable from the connector on the

system board

and lift the control panel cable away from the chassis.

Removing the Control Panel

 

CAUTION:

Before you perform this procedure, see "

Precautionary Measures

."

NOTICE:

Before disconnecting a device from the computer or removing a component from the system board, verify that the standby power light on the system

board has turned off. To locate this light, see "

System Board Components

."