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Inspiron 16 7635 2-in-1 Owner's Manual

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Removing the system board

CAUTION: The information in this section is intended for authorized service technicians only.

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the base cover.
  3. Remove the 4-cell battery (64 Wh) or the 6-cell battery (86 Wh), whichever is applicable.
  4. Remove the M.2 2230 solid-state drive or the M.2 2280 solid-state drive, whichever is applicable.
  5. Remove the wireless card.
  6. Remove the display assembly.
  7. Remove the fan.
  8. Remove the heat sink.

About this task

The following image indicates the connectors on your system board.

System board connectors

  1. Touch-screen cable connector
  2. Display-cable connector
  3. Battery-cable connector
  4. Keyboard-backlight cable connector
  5. Keyboard-cable connector
  6. Touchpad-cable connector
  7. Speaker-board cable connector
  8. Speaker-cable connector
  9. M.2 solid-state drive connector
  10. M.2 wireless-card connector
  11. I/O-board cable connector
  12. Fan-cable connector

The following images indicate the location of the system board and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.

Removing the system board

Steps

  1. Disconnect the fan cable from the system board.
  2. Peel the tape that secures the I/O-board connector latch to the system board.
  3. Lift the latch and disconnect the I/O-board cable from the system board.
  4. Disconnect the speaker cables from the connector on the system board.
  5. Using the pull tab, disconnect the speaker-board cable from the system board.
  6. Lift the latch and disconnect the touchpad cable from the system board.
  7. Lift the latch and disconnect the keyboard cable from the system board.
  8. Lift the latch and disconnect the keyboard-backlight cable from the system board.
  9. Remove the two screws (M2x4) that secure the USB Type-C bracket to the system board.
  10. Lift the USB Type-C bracket off the system board.
  11. Remove the two screws (M2x2) that secure the system board to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
  12. Lift the system board off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

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