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| - | [* black] With the electrons safely stayed from this circuitry, we turn our attention to the heat pipe standing between us and the motherboard. |
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| - | [* icon_note] And since it's in our way, we turn out the three Phillips screws holding it in place and wrestle against some tacky thermal compound to remove the heat pipe. |
| - | [* black] Now, we'd ''normally'' keep working on removing the other thermal management components (i.e. the fan), but it's trapped underneath the I/O board connector, home to the headphone jack and game card reader. |
| + | [* black] With battery bested, we turn to the next hardware priority: the cooling system. |
| + | [* black] The heatpipe is secured by simple Phillips screws, meaning thermal paste reapplication should be a breeze. |
| + | [* black] We aim for the fan, but looks like you can only clean it from here, its trapped under the I/O board. |
| + | [* black] So we pop out the game card reader, and attached headphone jack. |
| [* icon_reminder] And no, we didn't [http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/1/14778316/nintendo-switch-cartridge-taste-test-dont-lick-it|lick any cartridges]. |