- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw List
- Major components of your system
- Side cover
- Front bezel
- Hard-drive assembly
- Removing the primary 2.5-inch hard-drive assembly
- Removing the secondary 2.5-inch hard-disk drive assembly
- Removing the 2.5-inch hard-disk drive bracket
- Installing the 2.5-inch hard-disk drive bracket
- Installing the secondary 2.5-inch hard-disk drive assembly
- Installing the primary 2.5-inch hard-drive assembly
- 3.5 in. hard-drive assembly
- Solid-state drive
- Memory module
- Processor fan and heat-sink assembly
- Processor
- Graphics card
- Graphical processing unit
- Coin-cell battery
- WLAN card
- Slim optical-drive
- Slim optical-drive bracket
- Chassis fan
- Voltage regulator heat sink
- Speaker
- Power button
- Power-supply unit
- Intrusion switch
- Optional I/O modules (Type C/ HDMI/VGA/DP/Serial)
- System board
- Software
- System setup
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Dell
OptiPlex 7090 Tower Service Manual
Removing the processor
Prerequisites
- Follow the procedure in before working inside your computer.
- Remove the side cover.
- Remove the processor fan and 125 W heat-sink assembly or processor fan and heat-sink assembly.
NOTE The processor might still be hot after the computer is shut down. Allow the processor to cool down before removing it.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the processor and provide a visual representation of the removal procedure.
Steps
- Press down and push the release lever away from the processor to release it from the securing tab.
- Lift the lever upward to lift the processor cover.
CAUTION When removing the processor, do not touch any of the pins inside the socket or allow any objects to fall on the pins in the socket.
- Gently lift the processor from the processor socket.
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