XPS 8930 Service Manual

Procedure

1. Remove the screws that secure the blower to the heat-sink assembly.
2. Lift the blower off the heat-sink assembly and place it to the side.
   NOTE The type of heat-sink assembly available in your computer depends on the processor in use.

   

   1. #6-32x1/4'' screws (3)
   2. blower

3. In a non-adjacent sequence as indicated in the figure below, loosen the captive screws that secure the heat-sink assembly to the system board.
4. Lift the heat-sink assembly off the system board.

   

   1. heat-sink assembly
   2. captive screws (4)
   3. system board

5. Disconnect the blower cable from the system board.
   For more information, see “System-board components”.

   

   1. system board
   2. blower cable
   3. blower