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Dell Precision 5820 Tower Owner's Manual

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Removing the heat sink and CPU fan assembly

  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the:
    1. side cover
    2. air shroud
  3. To remove the heat sink and CPU fan assembly:
    1. Disconnect the CPU fan cable [1] from the system board.
    2. Loosen the four heat sink captive screws [2], in the diagonal order (4, 3, 2, 1).
    3. Gently lift the heat sink and CPU fan assembly [3] from the system.
      NOTE:Lay the assembly with the thermal grease facing up.
      Displays removing the heat sink and fan assembly

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