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Dell PowerEdge T360 Installation and Service Manual

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Removing the heat sink

Prerequisites

WARNING:The heat sink may be hot to touch for some time after the system has been powered off. Allow the heat sink to cool before removing it.
  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
  3. Remove the air shroud.

Steps

  1. Using a Phillips 2 screwdriver, loosen the captive screws on the heat sink in the order mentioned below:
    1. Loosen the first captive screw three turns.
    2. Loosen the captive screw diagonally opposite to the screw you loosened first.
    3. Repeat the procedure for the remaining two captive screws.
    4. Return to the first screw to loosen it completely.
  2. Lift the heat sink away from the system.
    Figure 1. Removing the heat sink
    This image shows how to remove the heat sink.

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