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Motherboard
The motherboard includes a 2.6GHz Intel Core2 Duo CPU that controls the image data
transfer to and from the motherboard and runs the interpreter. The interpreter rasterizes the
page description file and compresses the image pattern into memory using compression
technology.
When you must remove and replace the E100 motherboard, do the following.
• Transfer the DIMM, CPU, and security chip from the old motherboard. Replacement
motherboards ship with thermal compound for use when transferring the CPU.
• Make sure that the new motherboard solves the problem you are troubleshooting
before you transfer options to it. Transferring options permanently customizes the new
motherboard so that it cannot be returned to inventory and cannot be installed in another
E100. If the new motherboard does not solve the problem, do not transfer options to it.
Instead, return the new motherboard to inventory.
• Do not reinstall system software at the same time that you install a new motherboard.
Reinstalling system software is not necessary when installing a new motherboard and can
result in an error if done before transferring options to the new motherboard.
• BIOS chips are not interchangeable. Do not transfer the BIOS chip from the old
motherboard onto the new motherboard. Doing so can damage the E100.
• Do not install a new HDD at the same time that you install a new motherboard.
It is unlikely that both the HDD and the motherboard are defective; therefore, avoid
replacing both to solve one problem. If troubleshooting strategies (checking cables and
connections, and so forth) do not resolve the problem and you suspect either the HDD or the
motherboard is at fault, use the following order: replace the HDD; install system software;
verify the problem still exists; and then move on to other procedures, such as replacing the
motherboard. Otherwise, you may need to return the E100.
Required items for motherboard replacement
You will need the following items:
Included in the motherboard kit
• New motherboard
• USB Prep Tool CD