Owners Manual

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WARNING: The heat sink is hot to touch for some time after the system has been powered down. Allow the heat
sink to cool before removing it.
Steps
1. Loosen one of the screws that secure the heat sink to the system board.
Allow some time (approximately 30 seconds) for the heat sink to loosen from the processor.
2. Remove the screw diagonally opposite the screw you first removed.
3. Repeat the procedure for the remaining two screws.
Figure 18. Removing the heat sink
1.
retention screw (4) 2. heat sink
3. processor socket 4. heat sink retention socket (4)
Next steps
1. Remove the processor.
2. Install the heat sink.
3. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.
Related references
Safety instructions on page 48
Related tasks
Before working inside your system on page 48
Removing the cooling shroud on page 52
Removing a processor on page 70
Installing a heat sink on page 75
After working inside your system on page 49
Removing a processor
Prerequisites
WARNING:
The processor is hot to touch for some time after the system has been powered down. Allow the
processor to cool before removing it.
70 Installing and removing sled components