Following components soldered on the top side of the system board are extremely sensitive. When you service the system board, avoid any kind of rough handling.

Security chip

Accelerometer chip for the HDD Active Protection SystemICH (I/O Controller Hub)

GMCH (Integrated video chip)

CPU

a

b

c

d

e

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