Name: Alienware x14
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4. Lift the fan and heat-sink assembly off the system board.

CAUTION: Do not use an alcohol wipe to clean the Element 31 thermal grease off the surface of the processor, the

alcohol solution from the wipes will dissolve the Element 31 grease into conductive metal particles. If these conductive

metal particles come into contact with the surface of the system board, it will cause the an electrical short when your

computer is powered on.

Installing the fan and heat-sink assembly

Prerequisites

If you are replacing a component, remove the existing component before performing the installation process.

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NOTE: When installing this component, please refer to the techsheet bundled with the service kit. This is only applicable for

computers with the following Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) configurations that have Element 31 grease is applied to the CPU.

● NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

NOTE:

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