User Manual
Table Of Contents
- OptiPlex 7000 Tower Service Manual
- Contents
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw list
- Major components of OptiPlex 7000 Tower
- Side cover
- Front bezel
- Hard-drive assembly
- 3.5 in. hard-drive assembly
- Solid-state drive
- WLAN card
- Coin-cell battery
- Memory module
- Expansion card
- Graphical processing unit
- Slim optical-drive
- Slim optical-drive bracket
- Speaker
- Power-supply unit
- Processor fan and heat-sink assembly
- Processor
- Communication card
- Chassis fan
- Voltage regulator heat sink
- Power button
- Intrusion switch
- SD card reader (optional)
- Optional modules
- Removing optional DisplayPort module
- Installing optional DisplayPort module
- Removing optional VGA module
- Installing optional VGA module
- Removing optional HDMI module
- Installing optional HDMI module
- Removing optional Serial module
- Installing optional Serial module
- Removing optional Type-C module
- Installing optional Type-C module
- Removing optional Thunderbolt 4 module
- Installing optional Thunderbolt4 module
- Removing internal antenna
- Installing internal antenna
- System board
- Drivers and downloads
- BIOS setup
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Dell
Steps
1. Disconnect the processor-fan cable from the connector on the system board.
2. In the reverse sequential order (4->3->2->1), loosen the four captive screws that secure the processor fan and heat-sink
assembly to the system board.
3. Lift the processor fan and heat-sink assembly from the system board.
Removing the processor fan
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the side cover.
3. Remove the processor fan and heat-sink assembly.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the processor fan and provide a visual representation of the removal procedure.
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Removing and installing components