Lenovo ThinkServer RS160 - Heat Sink; Removing the Heat Sink

Heatsink
•“Removingtheheatsink”onpage52
•“Installingtheheatsink”onpage53
CAUTION:
Theheatsinkmightbeveryhot.Turnofftheserverandwaitthreetofiveminutestolettheserver
coolbeforeremovingtheservercover.
Removingtheheatsink
Toremovetheheatsink,dothefollowing:
1.Prepareyourserver.See“Preparingyourserverinadvance”onpage47.
2.Removetheairbaffle.See“Removingtheairbaffle”onpage50.
3.Locatetheheatsinkandremovethefourscrewsthatsecuretheheatsink.Itisrecommendedthat
youcarefullyremovethefourscrewsfromthesystemboardusingthefollowingmethodtoavoidany
possibledamagetothesystemboard.
a.Partiallyremovescrew1,thencompletelyremovescrew2,andthenreturntoscrew1and
completelyremoveit.
b.Partiallyremovescrew3,thencompletelyremovescrew4,andthenreturntoscrew3and
completelyremoveit.
Note:Thefourscrewsareintegratedpartsoftheheatsink.Donottrytoremovethefourscrews
fromtheheatsink.
Figure24.Removingthescrewsthatsecuretheheatsink
4.Gentlytwisttheheatsinktofreeitfromthemicroprocessor,lifttheheatsinkoffthesystemboard,and
thenlayitdownbyitsside.Donottouchthethermalgreaseonthebottomoftheheatsink.
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