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6. Disconnect the fan cable from the system board.
7. Loosen the two Phillips captive screws and the four Phillips spring-loaded captive screws (1) that
secure the fan/heat sink assembly.
NOTE: Due to the adhesive quality of the thermal material located between the fan/heat sink
assembly and system board components, it might be necessary to move the fan/heat sink
assembly from side to side to detach the assembly.
8. Remove the fan/heat sink assembly (2) by lifting straight up.
For computer models with the AMD processor, thoroughly clean the thermal material from the surface
of the fan/heat sink assembly (1) and (3), and the processor (2) and Northbridge chip (4) each time
the fan/heat sink assembly is removed.
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