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Dell PowerEdge C4130 Owner's Manual

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Removing a heat sink

Prerequisites

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.

CAUTION: Never remove the heat sink from a processor unless you intend to remove the processor. The heat sink is necessary to maintain proper thermal conditions.

NOTE: To ensure proper system cooling, you must install a processor blank and heat sink blank in any empty processor socket.

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system.
  3. Keep the Phillips #2 screwdriver ready.
  4. Remove the cooling shroud.

  5. Remove the PCIe shroud, if removing processor 1 heat sink.

WARNING: The heat sink is hot to touch for some time after the system has been powered down. Allow the heat sink to cool before removing it.

Steps

  1. Loosen one of the screws that secure the heat sink to the system board.
    Allow some time (approximately 30 seconds) for the heat sink to loosen from the processor.
  2. Remove the screw diagonally opposite the screw you first removed.
  3. Repeat the procedure for the remaining two screws.
    Figure 1. Removing the heat sink
    This figure shows removing the heat sink.
    1. retention screw (4)
    2. heat sink
    3. processor socket
    4. heat sink retention socket (4)

Next steps

  1. Remove the processor.
  2. Install the heat sink.
  3. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.

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