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Removing the cooling shroud

About the cooling shroud  Top

The plastic cooling shroud inside the F85 facilitates improved airflow over the microprocessor. You must remove this shroud if you are replacing one of the following components:

Removing the cooling shroud  Top

To remove the cooling shroud in the F85, complete the following steps.

Step

Action

1

Open the filer cover on the right side of the F85 by following Steps 1 through 11 of the procedure described in Opening the F85.

2

Unscrew and remove the two retention pins securing the cooling shroud to the motherboard.

3

Lift the end of the shroud closest to the front of the system until the other end of the shroud disengages from the cooling fan on the system back panel.

Note
Since the shroud fits tightly into the system back panel, you may have to move it from side to side to manouever it out.

4

If you are...

Then...

Replacing the SDRAM DIMMs

Go to Replacing SDRAM DIMMs on the motherboard.

Replacing the motherboard lithium battery

Go to Replacing the lithium battery on the motherboard.

Replacing the CPU and heat sink assembly

Go to Replacing the CPU and heat sink assembly.

Replacing the motherboard

Go to Replacing the motherboard.

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