Replacing The Thermal Sensor - Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Maintenance Manual

What to do next:
• To work with another piece of hardware, go to the appropriate section.
• To complete the installation or replacement, go to "Completing the parts replacement" on page 122.

Replacing the thermal sensor

Attention: Do not open your computer or attempt any repair before reading and understanding the Chapter
1 "Read this first: Important safety information" on page 1.
To replace the thermal sensor, do the following:
1. Remove any media from the drives and turn off all connected devices and the computer. Then,
disconnect all power cords from electrical outlets and disconnect all cables that are connected to the
computer.
2. Remove the computer cover. See "Removing the computer cover" on page 86.
3. Remove the front bezel. See "Replacing the front bezel" on page 93.
4. Locate the thermal sensor. See "Computer components" on page 32.
5. Disconnect the thermal sensor cable from the system board.
6. On the inside of the front panel, squeeze the two retaining clips that secure the thermal sensor and push
the thermal sensor out of the chassis.
Figure 36. Removing the thermal sensor
7. Route the new thermal sensor cable through the hole
the thermal sensor into the same hole. Then, press the other retaining clip on the thermal sensor
into the hole 2 .
Figure 37. Installing the thermal sensor
1 and insert the corresponding retaining clip on
.
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