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Hardware Upgrades
8.Reinstall the air baffle:
a.Slide the baffle tab through the front fan bracket 1.
b.Carefully rotate the air baffle downwards 2 until it is fully seated.
CAUTION: The air baffle is essential to proper cooling of the processors. Without it, the processors will slow down to avoid overheating.
Air flows across the processors from front to back. The front fan moves air over the processors while the back fan pulls the air out of the chassis.
Reinstalling the air baffle
Compaq Evo Workstation W8000 Hardware Reference Guide |