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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mrb2112" data-source="post: 9080410" data-attributes="member: 7042443">Some photos of the guts of the Advantech ARK-DS262Warning: if you're disassembling this unit to get at the CMOS batter, the front faceplate has to come off. To get it off, you have to remove to black plastic plugs that have been inserted into the USB sockets. They are deliberately made so they cannot be removed. Be very careful how you remove them. You can force them, but you risk destroying the USB sockets! On mine, I popped the bottom plastic USB plug out with a flathead screwdriver. The top one did not come out easily. The face of the plug ripped off before I could get the rest out. I would have been better off cutting the plastic with a sharp knife and removing the face of the plug, just so I could get the faceplate of the PC off and leaving the rest of the plug in place. I eventually got it all out, but I don't know if I damaged that USB plug or not.Also note: when disassembling the unit, you have to remove every outside screw, as well as the HDD tray, the wifi antenna nut, and the serial port side-screws, in order to remove enough of the case to get at the CMOS battery to replace it without risking damage to the motherboard/battery-slot. It's annoying, but it's not that challenging. The bottom panel of the system (has attached fan) is connected to the motherboard for the fan power. That fan header is hard almost impossible to plug in if you've already re-attached the front faceplate. So remember to put the bottom (fan) plate on before the faceplate or you'll be taking it apart again.</blockquote>

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