Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series, Service Manual

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Replacing the system board
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
Before
working inside your computer . After working inside your computer, follow
the instructions in After working inside your computer . For more safety best
practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/
regulatory_compliance .
NOTE: Your computer’s Service Tag is stored in the system board. You must
enter the Service Tag in the BIOS setup program after you replace the
system board.
NOTE: Replacing the system board removes any changes you have made to
the BIOS using the BIOS setup program. You must make the appropriate
changes again after you replace the system board.
Procedure
1 Align the screw holes on the system board with the screw holes on the palm rest
and keyboard assembly.
2 Replace the five screws (M2x2 Big Head) that secure the system board to the
palm rest and keyboard assembly.
3 Connect the fan cable, hard-drive cable, power-adapter port cable and speaker
cable to the system board.
4 Slide the touchpad cable, status-light board cable, keyboard cable, keyboard-
backlight cable, and I/O-board cable into their respective connectors on the
system board and close the latches to secure the cables.
5 Slide the display cable and the touch-screen board cable into their respective
connectors on the system board and close the latches to secure the cables.
6 Adhere the pieces of tape that secure the display cable and the touch-screen
board cable to their respective connectors on the system board.
Post-requisites
1 Replace the heat sink .
2 Replace the memory modules .
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