Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Working inside your computer
- Disassembly and reassembly
- Recommended tools
- Screw List
- Major components of your system
- Side cover
- Intrusion switch
- Front bezel
- Hard-drive assembly
- Hard-drive and optical-drive module
- Optical drive
- Solid-state drive
- WLAN card
- SD card reader - optional
- Expansion card
- Memory modules
- Heat sink
- Coin-cell battery
- Processor
- Power switch
- Power-supply unit
- System fan
- System board
- Drivers and downloads
- System setup
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Dell
Steps
1. Press down and push the release lever away from the processor to release it from the securing tab.
2. Lift the lever upward to lift the processor cover.
CAUTION:
When removing the processor, do not touch any of the pins inside the socket or allow any objects
to fall on the pins in the socket.
3. Gently lift the processor from the processor socket.
Installing the processor
Prerequisites
About this task
The following image indicates the location of the processor and provides a visual representation of the installation procedure.
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Disassembly and reassembly