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Repairing and Upgrading Your PC
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Repairing and Upgrading Your PC

by Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson
March 2006
Beginner to intermediate
448 pages
16h 7m
English
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Replacing a Motherboard

The exact steps required to replace a motherboard depend on the specifics of the motherboard and case, the peripheral components to be connected, and so on. In general terms, the process is quite simple, if time-consuming:

  • Disconnect all cables and remove all expansion cards from the current motherboard.

  • Remove the screws that secure the old motherboard and remove the motherboard.

  • If you are reusing the CPU and/or memory, remove them from the old motherboard and install them on the new one.

  • Replace the old back-panel I/O template with the template supplied with the new motherboard.

  • Remove and install motherboard mounting posts as necessary to match the mounting holes on the new motherboard.

  • Install the new motherboard and secure ...

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