Personal Computer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Important safety information
- Chapter 1. Product overview
- Chapter 2. You and your computer
- Chapter 3. Security
- Chapter 4. Installing or replacing hardware
- Handling static-sensitive devices
- Installing or replacing hardware
- Installing external options
- Removing the computer cover
- Removing and reinstalling the front bezel
- Installing or replacing a PCI card
- Installing or replacing a memory module
- Installing or replacing the optical drive
- Replacing the card reader
- Replacing the power supply assembly
- Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly
- Replacing the primary hard disk drive
- Replacing the secondary hard disk drive
- Replacing the front fan assembly
- Replacing the rear fan assembly
- Replacing the keyboard or mouse
- Completing the parts replacement
- Chapter 5. Recovery information
- Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility program
- Chapter 7. Configuring RAID
- Chapter 8. Updating system programs
- Chapter 9. Troubleshooting and diagnostics
- Chapter 10. Getting information, help, and service
- Appendix A. Notices
- Appendix B. Regulatory information
- Appendix C. WEEE and recycling information
- Index

6.Followthissequencetoremovethefourscrewsthatsecuretheheatsinkandfanassemblytothe
systemboard:
a.Partiallyremovescrew1,thenfullyremovescrew2,andthenfullyremovescrew1.
b.Partiallyremovescrew3,thenfullyremovescrew4,andthenfullyremovescrew3.
Note:Carefullyremovethefourscrewsfromthesystemboardtoavoidanypossibledamagetothe
systemboard.Thefourscrewscannotberemovedfromtheheatsinkandfanassembly.
Figure25.Removingtheheatsinkandfanassembly
7.Liftthefailingheatsinkandfanassemblyoffthesystemboard.
Notes:
a.Youmighthavetogentlytwisttheheatsinkandfanassemblytofreeitfromthemicroprocessor.
b.Donottouchthethermalgreasewhilehandlingtheheatsinkandfanassembly.
8.Positionthenewheatsinkandfanassemblyonthesystemboardsothatthefourscrewsarealigned
withtheholesonthesystemboard.
Note:Positionthenewheatsinkandfanassemblysothattheheatsinkandfanassemblycableis
towardthemicroprocessorfanconnectoronthesystemboard.
9.Followthefollowingsequencetoinstallthefourscrewstosecurethenewheatsinkandfanassembly.
Donotover-tightenthescrews.
a.Partiallytightenscrew1,thenfullytightenscrew2,andthenfullytightenscrew1.
b.Partiallytightenscrew3,thenfullytightenscrew4,andthenfullytightenscrew3.
10.Connecttheheatsinkandfanassemblycabletothemicroprocessorfanconnectoronthesystem
board.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage11
.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage49
.
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