Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Working inside your computer
- Disassembly and reassembly
- Recommended tools
- Screw List
- Major components of your system
- Side cover
- Power-supply unit cage
- Front bezel
- Memory modules
- Solid-state drive
- 2.5-inch hard drive
- 3.5-inch hard drive
- WLAN card
- Slim optical-drive
- Graphics card
- System fan
- Coin-cell battery
- Processor fan and heat-sink assembly
- Processor
- Power button
- Intrusion switch
- Front I/O panel
- System board
- Drivers and downloads
- System setup
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Dell
Processor
Removing the processor
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the side cover.
3. Open the PSU cage.
4. Remove the processor fan and heat-sink assembly.
NOTE: The processor might still be hot after the computer is shut down. Allow the processor to cool down before removing
it.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the processor and provide a visual representation of the removal procedure.
Steps
1. Press down and push the release lever away from the processor to release it from the securing tab.
2. Lift the lever upward to lift the processor cover.
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