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XPS 13 Service Manual

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Procedure

  1. Peel off the tape that secures the antenna cables and power-adapter port cable to the system board.
  2. Disconnect the camera cable, touchscreen cable (optional), power-adapter port cable, and coin-cell battery cable from the system board.
  3. Open the latch and disconnect the keyboard-controller board cable from the system board.
    Figure 1. Removing the system boardImage: Disconnecting the system board cables and peeling off the tapes.
    1. touchscreen cable (optional)
    2. camera cable
    3. tape
    4. power-adapter port cable
    5. coin-cell battery cable
    6. speaker cable
    7. keyboard-controller board cable
    8. latch
  4. Peel off the tape from the display-cable bracket.
  5. Peel off the tape that secures the speaker cable to the system board.
  6. Disconnect the fan cable from the system board.
  7. Open the latches and disconnect the I/O-board cable and the touchpad cable from the system board.
    Figure 2. Removing the system boardImage: Disconnecting the system board cables and peeling off the tape.
    1. tape (3)
    2. latches (2)
    3. I/O-board cable
    4. touchpad cable
    5. fan cable
  8. Remove the two screws (M2x3) that secure the display-cable bracket to the system board.
  9. Lift the display-cable bracket off the display cable.
  10. Using the pull tab, disconnect the display cable from the system board.
    Figure 3. Removing the system boardImage: Removing the display cable.
    1. display-cable bracket
    2. screws (2)
    3. display cable
  11. Remove the six screws (M1.6x3) that secure the system board to the palm-rest assembly.
  12. Starting from the outer edge, lift the system board at an angle to release it from the tabs on the palm-rest assembly.
    Figure 4. Removing the system boardImage: Removing the system board.
    1. screws (6)
    2. system board
    3. palm-rest assembly

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