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Make sure you have disconnected the power supply and removed it from the computer, letting it sit for 1-5 minutes to ensure release of charge, start this process with a medium sized screwdriver.
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Remove the outside case screws as seen in all 3 photos with a medium sized screwdriver checking for NO wiggle room
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Here you can now remove the top of the power supply case
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The port on the first picture is actually the power port of your computer
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the power supply uses connections going into the computer to redirect and resist the electricity to allow the computer to perform it's tasks
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To remove the fan ween it forward and pull up with the frame facing towards you like a staircase
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To free the cables up remove all tape and zip-ties to further removal
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Remove a screw on the back end(with the stair pattern facing towards you) to free the back panel(partially)
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Remove all four screw surrounding the circuit board in charge of dispersing and changing the power
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Gently move the board on a yaw axis(horizontal)
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Place it on a buffer that will stop you board from scratching whatever it's on top of
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Remove glue surrounding the port that would be visible outside your computer(it is hot glue so it should be easy)
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There are clips to pull the metal back and the black plastic through to help remove the black plastic, though I do not cover this it should never be necessary
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To remove the heat sink simply detach the two back screws with a medium sized screwdriver
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These two screws can be removed using a small socket wrench
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The bolt can be removed by something as simple as pliers(2nd picture)
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After all this work of disassembling this as far as you could go you surely have seen the magnificence of how crucial proper power is to a computer and everything around us, from you to what your reading on right now, we all have one thing in common: we need energy
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crwdns2917034:0crwdne2917034:0
I can give you very good guidance on fixing these.
They all suffer from a VERY common problem.