Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M6800 Owner's Manual

Removing the System Board

1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer.
2. Remove the:
   1. SD card
   2. ExpressCard
   3. battery
   4. base cover
   5. keyboard trim
   6. keyboard
   7. optical drive
   8. primary and secondary hard drive
   9. primary memory
   10. secondary memory
   11. video-card fan
   12. palmrest
   13. heatsink
   14. processor
   15. video-card heatsink
   16. video card
   17. I/O board
   18. display assembly
3. Disconnect the processor-fan cable, LVDS cable and the coin-cell battery cable from the system board.

   

4. Disconnect the power connector cable. Remove the screws that secure the system board to the computer and lift the bottom edge of the system board at a 20–degree angle.

   

5. Remove the system board from the computer.