- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Working on your computer
- Major components of your system
- Technology and components
- Disassembly and reassembly
- Recommended tools
- Screw List
- Side cover
- Front bezel
- Fan shroud
- Hard-drive assembly
- 3.5-inch hard drive
- Solid-state drive
- Memory modules
- Processor fan and heat-sink assembly
- Processor
- Graphics card
- Graphical processing unit
- Coin-cell battery
- WLAN card
- Slim optical-drive
- Slim optical-drive bracket
- Power button
- Power-supply unit
- Intrusion switch
- System board
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Dell
Vostro 3888 Service Manual
Removing the powered GPU
Prerequisites
- Follow the procedure in before working inside your computer.
- Remove the side cover.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the powered graphical processing unit and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.
Steps
- Disconnect the two power cables from the connectors on the powered GPU through the cable holder.
- Unroute the power cable from the retention tab on the cable holder.
- Press the securing clips on both side of the cable holder and slide the powered GPU cable holder out of the computer.
- Locate the GPU.
- Lift the pull tab to open the PCIe door.
- Push and hold the securing tab on the graphics-card slot and lift the powered GPU away from the graphics-card slot.
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