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Dell Inspiron 15-3521 Heat Sink Replacement

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Dell Inspiron 15-3521 Heat Sink Replacement, Removing the Heat Sink: crwdns2935265:00crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Dell Inspiron 15-3521 Heat Sink Replacement, Removing the Heat Sink: crwdns2935265:00crwdnd2935265:02crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Dell Inspiron 15-3521 Heat Sink Replacement, Removing the Heat Sink: crwdns2935265:00crwdnd2935265:03crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0
Removing the Heat Sink
  • Flip the mother board, so that the heat sink attachment point is visible.

  • Remove the four screws that are attaching the heat sink (copper) to the motherboard. Use a phillips head PH0 screwdriver to do this.

  • Clean the interface between the motherboard and the heat sink.

  • Attach a new heat sink to the motherboard, make sure to reapply the thermal compound (grey material), lock into place by reattaching screws.

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