CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, follow the safety instructions in the Product
Information Guide.
NOTICE: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically
touching a connector on the back panel of the computer.
Loosen in consecutive order the six captive screws, labeled "1" through "6" that secure the
processor thermal-cooling assembly.
NOTE: The appearance of the thermal-cooling assembly for system boards with integrated graphics varies
from that for system boards with discrete graphics (shown). The thermal-cooling assembly for discrete
graphics (shown) has six captive screws to loosen versus five captive screws for the integrated graphics
solution.