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-[* black] Tape! Such tape.
-[* black] Cute lil labels everywhere.
-[* black] Weird display cable (and card reader power!) connectors.
+[* black] Tape, cables, and labels on connectors have been the defining characteristics of the XPS 13's guts. There are a lot of components, with a lot of connecting cables, and a lot of tape holding everything down.
+ [* icon_note] At least it's tough, re-stickable fabric tape.
+[* black] There's a small coin cell battery to keep the real time clock running. We're expecting [https://i.imgur.com/Ibq3d.jpg|this sort of reaction|new_window=true] when we reassemble the computer and power it back on.
+[* black] To get anywhere, we're going to have to disconnect the display cable (which for some reason include a branch to power the SD card reader on the IO board...).