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OptiPlex Small Form Factor 7010 Owner's Manual

Removing the system board

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the side cover.
  3. Remove the front bezel.
  4. Remove the 2.5-inch hard drive if applicable.
  5. Remove the 3.5-inch hard drive if applicable.
  6. Remove the disk-drive cage.
  7. Remove the Optional I/O modules.
  8. Remove the expansion card.
  9. Remove the memory modules.
  10. Remove the solid-state drive.
  11. Remove the WLAN card.
  12. Remove the heat-sink and fan assembly.
  13. Remove the processor.

About this task

The following image indicates the connectors on your system board.

System board callout
  1. Intrusion-switch cable
  2. ATX CPU power connector
  3. Processor-fan connector
  4. UDIMM slots

    From the left (a>b):

    DIMM 1

    DIMM 2

  5. Power-button connector
  6. System-power connector
  7. M.2 2230/2280 solid-state drive slot
  8. M.2 WLAN slot
  9. Hard-drive data connector (SATA 0)
  10. Optical-drive/hard-drive data connector (SATA 1)
  11. SATA power connector
  12. Internal-speaker connector
  13. PCIe x16 slot (SLOT 2)
  14. PCIe x1 slot (SLOT 1)
  15. Coin-cell battery socket
  16. Processor socket
  17. Video connector
  18. I/O connector

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

Removing the system boardRemoving the system board

Removing the system boardRemoving the system board

Steps

  1. Remove the screw (6-32) that secures the front I/O bracket to the chassis.
  2. Rotate and remove the front I/O-bracket from the chassis
  3. Disconnect all the cables that are connected to the system board.
  4. Remove the seven (#6-32) screws that secure the system board to the chassis.
  5. Free the system board from the back I/O panel by sliding it towards the right and lift the system board out of the chassis.

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