3.Locatethethermalmoduleinthecomputer.See“LocatingmajorFRUsandCRUs”onpage85.
4.Removetheinternalspeaker.See“Replacingtheinternalspeaker”onpage221.
5.Removethecoverpresenceswitch.See“Replacingthecoverpresenceswitch”onpage223.
6.Removethesystemfan.See“LocatingmajorFRUsandCRUs”onpage85.
7.Followthissequencetoremovethefourscrewsthatsecurethethermalmoduletothesystemboard:
a.Partiallyremovescrew1,thenfullyremovescrew2,andthenfullyremovescrew1.
b.Partiallyremovescrew3,thenfullyremovescrew4,andthenfullyremovescrew3.
Liftandpullthethermalmoduletoremoveitfromthesystemboard.
Notes:
•Carefullyremovethefourscrewsfromthesystemboardtoavoidanypossibledamagetothesystem
board.Thefourscrewscannotberemovedfromthethermalmodule.
•Donottouchthethermalgreasewhilehandlingthethermalmodule.
Figure201.Removingthethermalmodule
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