•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage63.
Replacingthefrontfanassembly
Attention:Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Important
safetyinformation”onpagev.
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethefrontfanassembly.
Note:Thefrontfanassemblyisonlyavailableinsomemodels.
Toreplacethefrontfanassembly,dothefollowing:
1.T urnoffthecomputeranddisconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.
2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage32.
3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage33.
4.Disconnectthefrontfanassemblycablefromthepowerfanconnectoronthesystemboard.See
“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage11.
5.Releasethetwotabs1thatattachthefrontfanassemblytothechassisasshownandthencompletely
removethefrontfanfromthechassis.
Figure41.Removingthefrontfanassembly
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