5. Lift the heat sink and fan assembly off the failing system board. Place the heat
sink on its side so that the thermal grease does not come in contact with
anything.
6. Toremove the microprocessor 2 from the system board, lift the small handle
3 and open the retainer 1.
Important
Touchonly the sides of the microprocessor. Do not touch the gold
contacts on the bottom.
7. Lift the microprocessor straight up and out of the socket.
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