Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge - Removing the Computer Cover

Removingthecomputercover
Attention
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafety
information”intheThinkCentreEdgeSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.Toobtaina
copyoftheThinkCentreEdgeSafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovethecomputercover.
CAUTION:
Turnoffthecomputerandwaitthreetoveminutestoletthecomputercoolbefore
removingthecomputercover.
Toremovethecomputercover,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.
2.Placeasoft,cleantowelorclothonthedeskorotheratsurface.Holdthesidesofyourcomputerand
gentlylayitdownsothatthescreenisagainstthesurfaceandthecoverisfacingup.
3.Removeanylockingdevicethatsecuresthecomputercover,suchasanintegratedcablelock.
4.Removethesystemstand.See“Removingandreinstallingthesystemstand”onpage90.
5.Loosenthetwoscrews1atthebottomofthecomputer.Putyourindexngerorthumbinthenger
slot2,andthenliftthecomputercoveruptoremoveitfromthecomputer.
Figure14.Removingthecomputercover
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