Dell Latitude St Motherboard Replacement Repair Guide

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                          30 minutes

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Battery
6 steps
Motherboard
9 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery

Locate the back panel tab.
Press down on the tab to remove the panel.

Locate the back panel tab.

Press down on the tab to remove the panel.

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Step 2

Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the four 6mm screws attaching the inside panel to the device.

Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the four 6mm screws attaching the inside panel to the device.

Step 3

Use the blue plastic opening tool to push in the tab located on the backside of the device.
Slide the tool around the edges of the device to unsnap the tabs and pry the frame off.

Use the blue plastic opening tool to push in the tab located on the backside of the device.

Slide the tool around the edges of the device to unsnap the tabs and pry the frame off.

Step 4

Remove the three 6mm Phillips #0 screws attaching the battery.

Remove the three 6mm Phillips #0 screws attaching the battery.

Step 5

Using your hands or a plastic opening tool, unplug the white battery cable.
Push forward on the top part of the cable to disconnect it from the device.

Using your hands or a plastic opening tool, unplug the white battery cable.

Push forward on the top part of the cable to disconnect it from the device.

Step 6

Pull up on the black tab located at the top of the battery to remove the battery from the device.

Pull up on the black tab located at the top of the battery to remove the battery from the device.

Step 7

              Motherboard

Remove the 3mm Phillips #0 screw from the SSD drive which is located above the speaker and to the left of the motherboard.

Remove the 3mm Phillips #0 screw from the SSD drive which is located above the speaker and to the left of the motherboard.

Step 8

Pull up on the white and black cables attached to the WLAN to unplug them.
Remove the one 3mm the Phillips #0 screw attached to the WLAN card.
Remove the WLAN card.

Pull up on the white and black cables attached to the WLAN to unplug them.

Remove the one 3mm the Phillips #0 screw attached to the WLAN card.

Remove the WLAN card.

Step 9

Pull up on the copper tape to loosen it from the screen.
Unscrew the seven 6mm the Phillips #0 screws from the base.

Pull up on the copper tape to loosen it from the screen.

Unscrew the seven 6mm the Phillips #0 screws from the base.

Step 10

Locate the grey LCD cable attached to the motherboad on the device.
Pull up the black tape handle attached to the LCD cable to disconnect it.

Locate the grey LCD cable attached to the motherboad on the device.

Pull up the black tape handle attached to the LCD cable to disconnect it.

Step 11

Using your hands or the blue plastic opening tool, go along the edges of the frame and unsnap the screen from the middle frame.

Using your hands or the blue plastic opening tool, go along the edges of the frame and unsnap the screen from the middle frame.

Step 12

Turn over the middle frame.
Pull on the white cables with the blue tape to disconnect them.

Turn over the middle frame.

Pull on the white cables with the blue tape to disconnect them.

Step 13

Flip the middle frame back over.
Unplug the three white cables attached to the motherboard.
Use the blue plastic opening tool to push down on the cables to disconnect them.

Flip the middle frame back over.

Unplug the three white cables attached to the motherboard.

Use the blue plastic opening tool to push down on the cables to disconnect them.

Step 14

Unplug the last motherboard cable attached to the bottom of the frame and the motherboard.
With the blue plastic opening tool, flip up the white latch on the top part of the cable.
Pull up on the cable using the blue plastic opening tool to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Unplug the last motherboard cable attached to the bottom of the frame and the motherboard.

With the blue plastic opening tool, flip up the white latch on the top part of the cable.

Pull up on the cable using the blue plastic opening tool to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Step 15

Remove the single 6mm screw attaching the motherboard.
Remove the Motherboard from the middle frame of the device.

Remove the single 6mm screw attaching the motherboard.

Remove the Motherboard from the middle frame of the device.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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