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copyoftheThinkCentreEdgeSafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheheatsinkassembly.
CAUTION:
Theheatsinkandfanassemblymightbeveryhot.Turnoffthecomputerandwaitthreetove
minutestoletthecomputercoolbeforeremovingthecomputercover.
Toreplacetheheatsinkassembly,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.
2.Placeasoft,cleantowelorclothonthedeskorotheratsurface.Holdthesidesofyourcomputerand
gentlylayitdownsothatthescreenisagainstthesurfaceandthecoverisfacingup.
3.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage95.
4.Locatetheheatsinkassemblyonthesystemboard.See“FRUlocations”onpage86.
5.Removethesystemboardshield.See“Removingandreinstallingthesystemboardshield”onpage102.
6.Followthesequence1,2,3,4ontheheatsinkassemblytoloosethefourscrewsthatsecurethe
heatsinkassemblytothesystemboard.
Note:Carefullyloosethefourscrewsfromthesystemboardtoavoidanypossibledamagetothe
systemboard.Thefourscrewscannotberemovedfromtheheatsinkassembly.
Figure27.Loosingthefourscrewsthatsecuretheheatsinkassemblytothesystemboard
7.Liftthefailingheatsinkassemblyoffthesystemboard.
Notes:
a.Youmighthavetogentlytwisttheheatsinkassemblytofreeitfromthemicroprocessor.
b.Donottouchthethermalgreasewhilehandlingtheheatsinkassembly.
8.Toreinstalltheheatsinkassembly,positionthenewheatsinkassemblyonthesystemboardsothatthe
fourscrewsarealignedwiththecorrespondingholesinthesystemboard.
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