Dell Latitude 3500 System Board Replacement

10 screws hold the bottom cover in place -- these stay in the bottom cover.

Using a spudger will make quick work of this step.

Disconnect the battery cable from the motherboard.

Remove the 4 screws holding it in place

Battery can now be removed from device.

Unplug the fan header

Unplug the VGA board cable

Unplug the LCD cable

Once these 2 screws are removed the fan will lift out as long as the cables are out of the way.

Loosen the 7 screws in sequential order as labeled on the heatsink [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Lift heatsink out of device

To replace these screws: place the heatsink, line up the screw holes, then tighten the screws in the same sequential order labeled on the heatsink.

Holds down card and keeps antenna in place

Carefully remove the two antennas from their slots.

The card should slide right out for easy replacement.

1 screw

1 screw

Two clamps hold the RAM module in place, once these are moved the module will slide out of the slot and can be replaced.

8 remaining connections: IO Board, VGA Board, power button board, display ribbon, touchpad, keyboard, speakers, and PWR.

4 screws total

Board will then lift out