CHAPTER 4: Upgrading Your Computer

4Loosen the four captive screws that secure the heat sink and fan assembly to the system board, then remove the assembly and place it on a stable surface with the flat surface of the heat sink (the side with the thermal grease) up. (The four screws cannot be completely removed.)

Screws (only one shown)

5Push the processor release lever down, lift it completely up, then lift the processor retention bracket.

6Remove the processor from the system board.

7Install the new processor onto the system board. Make sure that Pin 1 on the processor (indicated by the silk-screened arrow on the corner of the processor) aligns with Pin 1 on the processor socket (indicated by the absence of a pin hole in the processor socket), then return the retention bracket and lever to their locked position.

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