Personal Computer User Manual
CAUTION:
Theheatsinkmightbeveryhot.Turnoffthecomputerandwaitthreetoveminutesto
letthecomputercoolbeforeopeningthecomputercover.
Toreplacetheheatsink,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputeranddisconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.
2.Openthecomputercover.See“Openingthecomputercover”onpage12.
3.Pivottheopticaldrivebayassemblyupward.See“Accessingthesystemboardcomponentsanddrives”
onpage12.
4.Removetheharddiskdrivetoaccesstheheatsink.See“Replacingtheharddiskdrive”onpage18.
5.Carefullyremovethefourscrews1thatsecuretheheatsinktothesystemboard.
Note:Carefullyremovethefourscrewsfromthesystemboardtoavoidanypossibledamagetothe
systemboard.Thefourscrewscannotberemovedfromtheheatsink.
Figure24.Removingtheheatsink
6.Carefullylifttheheatsinkoffthesystemboard.
Notes:
a.Youmighthavetogentlytwisttheheatsinktofreeitfromthemicroprocessor.
b.Donottouchthethermalgreasewhilehandlingtheheatsink.
7.Positionthenewheatsinkonthesystemboardsothatthefourscrewsarealignedwiththeholes
onthesystemboard.
8.Alternatetighteningeachscrewasmallandequalamountuntiltheheatsinkissecuredtothesystem
board.Donotover-tightenthescrews.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage32.
Chapter2.Installingorreplacinghardware25