14Remove the screws as shown and loosen the captive screws that secure the cooling assembly to the system board.

Caution: When loosening or removing the cooling assembly’s screws in the numbered holes, loosen them in reverse numerical order.

Removable screw

Captive

screw

 

Removable screw

Captive Captive

screw screw

15Remove the old cooling assembly.

16Remove any thermal grease residue from the processor using a soft cloth and isopropyl alcohol.

17Place new thermal grease on the processor. Use only enough to cover the CPU die.

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