System Board; Removing The System Board - HP x4000 Technical Reference Manual

Installing or Replacing Parts and Accessories

System Board

System Board

Removing the System Board

1. Turn off the display and shut down the Workstation. Disconnect all
power cables and any LAN or telecommunications cables.
2. Remove the Workstation's cover and bezel as described in "Cover and
Front Bezel" on page 145.
3. To ease removal of the system board, slide the floppy disk drive at
least partially out the front of the chassis as described in "Removing
the Floppy Disk Drive" on page 180.
4. Place your Workstation on its side with the system board facing
upwards.
5. Open the hard disk drive cage as described in "Opening the Hard
Disk Drive Cage" on page 149.
6. Remove the Workstation chassis beam assembly as described in
"Removing the Chassis Beam Assembly" on page 152.
7. Remove the Memory Expander Card (MEC), the graphics card, and
any other accessory cards you may have added to your system. See
"Removing a Graphics Card" on page 162.
8. Remove the system fan. See "Removing the Fan" on page 190.
9. Disconnect any cables attached to the system board.
10. Remove the processor(s) and heatsink(s) from the system board. See
"Removing a Processor" on page 175.
11. Remove the two screws that fasten the system board to the chassis as
shown in Figure 10-25.
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