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Maintenance and Service Guide
Removal and replacement procedures
System board
✎
The system board spare part kit includes replacement thermal material.
Before removing the system board, follow these steps:
1. Shut down the computer.
2. Disconnect all external devices connected to the computer.
3. Disconnect the power from the computer by first unplugging the power cord from the AC outlet, and then
unplugging the AC adapter from the computer.
4. Remove the battery (see
“Battery” on page 4-7
).
5. Remove the top cover (see
“Top cover” on page 4-8
).
6. Disconnect the following cables from the system board:
a. Digital Media Slot board cable (see
“Digital Media Slot board” on page 4-12
)
b. Speaker assembly cable (see
“Speaker assembly” on page 4-13
)
c. Bluetooth module cable (see
“Bluetooth module” on page 4-18
)
7. Disconnect the mass storage device cable from the mass storage device (see
“Mass storage device” on
page 4-15
).
8. Remove the WLAN module (see
“WLAN module” on page 4-16
).
When replacing the system board, be sure that the following additional components are removed from the defective
system board and installed on the replacement system board:
■
Power connector cable (see
“Power connector cable” on page 4-23
)
■
SATA cable (see
“SATA cable” on page 4-24
)
■
RTC battery (see
“RTC battery” on page 4-25
)
■
Memory module (see
“Memory module” on page 4-26
)
■
Fan/heat sink assembly (see
“Fan/heat sink assembly” on page 4-27
)
Description
Spare part number
SL9600 system board equipped with an Intel Core2 Duo 2.13-GHz processor (1066-MHz FSB and
6-MB L2 cache)
538317-001
SL9400 system board equipped with an Intel Core2 Duo 1.86-GHz processor (1066-MHz FSB and
6-MB L2 cache)
538316-001
SU9600 system board equipped with an Intel Core2 Duo 1.60-GHz processor (800-MHz FSB and
3-MB L2 cache)
577100-001
