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Installing the fan and heat-sink assembly, Table 29. Service kit items

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Installing the fan and heat-sink assembly CAUTION: The information in this installation section is intended for authorized service technicians only. Prerequisites If you are replacing a component, remove the existing component before performing the installation process. About this task NOTE: When installing this component, see the Tech Sheet that is bundled with the service kit. The presence of Element 31 grease in the computer depends on the discrete Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) configuration installed. To determine if your computer has Element 31 grease applied on the CPU or GPU, see the following table. Table 29. Service kit items GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Element 31 grease Present in both CPU and GPU NOTE: Thermal grease is already pre-applied to the new thermal assembly. DO NOT apply additional thermal grease. The following images indicate the location of the fan and heat-sink assembly and provide a visual representation of the installation procedure. 97

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Installing the fan and heat-sink assembly
CAUTION: The information in this installation section is intended for authorized service technicians only.
Prerequisites
If you are replacing a component, remove the existing component before performing the installation process.
About this task
NOTE:
When installing this component, see the Tech Sheet that is bundled with the service kit. The presence of Element 31
grease in the computer depends on the discrete Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) configuration installed.
To determine if your computer has Element 31 grease applied on the CPU or GPU, see the following table.
Table 29. Service kit items
GPU
Element 31 grease
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Present in both CPU and GPU
NOTE:
Thermal grease is already pre-applied to the new thermal assembly. DO NOT apply additional thermal grease.
The following images indicate the location of the fan and heat-sink assembly and provide a visual representation of the installation
procedure.
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