HP Pavilion x360 Convertible Maintenance And Service Manual page 59

2. Remove the heat sink (2).
NOTE: Due to the adhesive quality of the thermal material located between the heat sink and the
system board components, it may be necessary to move the heat sink from side to side to detach it.
Models with Intel Pentium or Celeron processors:
Models with Intel Core processors:
NOTE: The thermal material must be thoroughly cleaned from the surfaces of the heat sink and the system
board components each time the heat sink is removed. Thermal paste is used on the processor (1) and the
heat sink section (2) that services it
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