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Article Summary:

This article provides information on how to safely remove the customer replaceable units (CRUs) in the various Dell OptiPlex 780 Chassis.

Table of Contents:

1. Removal Guides
2. The Mini Tower (MT) Chassis
3. The Desktop (DT) Chassis
4. The Small Form Factor (SFF) Chassis

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1.	Removal Guide

These guides will take you step by step through the safe removal of what are considered to be the Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) parts of the Various OptiPlex 780 systems. (CRUs are the parts of the system that shouldn't need an engineer to remove or replace.)

The guides will also include pictures to reference what's involved.

If these guides do not cover what you are looking to do, then you will want to reference your System Manual.

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2.	The Mini Tower (MT) Chassis

• OptiPlex Mini Tower 780 (MT) Removal Guide for the System Cover, Drive Cover, Optical Drive, Hard Drive and Memory
  

• OptiPlex Mini Tower 780 (MT) Removal Guide for the Heat Sink, Coin Cell, Power Supply and System Fan
• OptiPlex Mini Tower 780 (MT) Removal Guide for the Video Card, I/O Panel, Internal Speaker and Intrusion Switch
  

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3.	The Desktop (DT) Chassis

• OptiPlex Desktop 780 (DT) Removal Guide for the System Cover, Optical Drive, Hard drive and Riser Cage


• OptiPlex Desktop 780 (DT) Removal Guide for the Memory, Power Supply, Coin Cell, Fan and Internal Speaker
• OptiPlex Desktop 780 (DT) Removal Guide for the Expansion Card, Heat Sink, IO Panel and Intrusion Switch

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4.	The Small Form Factor (SFF) Chassis

• OptiPlex Small Form Factor 780 (SFF) Removal Guide for the System Cover, Optical Drive, Memory, Hard Drive and Power Supply
• OptiPlex Small Form Factor 780 (SFF) Removal Guide for the Expansion Card, Heat Sink, Coin Cell and System Fan
  
  

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