Service Manual

Heat-sink assembly

Removing the heat-sink assembly

Prerequisites

1. Follow the procedure in

Before working inside your computer.

2. Remove the base cover.

3. Remove the battery.

4. Remove the

wireless card.

5. Remove the solid-state drive from M.2 slot one.

6. Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 4 in Removing the hard drive, if applicable.

7. Remove the

solid-state drive from M.2 slot three, if applicable.

8. Remove the solid-state drive from M.2 slot four, if applicable.

9. Remove the solid-state drive interposer board, if applicable.

10.Remove the rear-I/O cover.

11. Remove the computer base.

About this task

The following image indicates the location of the heat-sink assembly and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.

Steps

1. Disconnect the fan cables from the system board.

2. Remove the two screws (M2.5x5) that secure the heat-sink assembly to the palm-rest assembly.

3. In the reverse sequential order (8>7>6>5>4>3>2>1), loosen the eight captive screws that secure the heat-sink assembly to the

system board and palm-rest assembly.

4. Lift the heat-sink assembly off the system board.