Acer TRAVELMATE 7730 Service Manual page 136

Remove the screws as shown and loosen the captive screws that secure the cooling
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assembly to the system board.
Caution:
Remove the old cooling assembly.
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Remove any thermal grease residue from the processor using a soft cloth and
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isopropyl alcohol.
Place new thermal grease on the processor. Use only enough to cover the CPU die.
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When loosening or removing the cooling assembly's screws in
the numbered holes, loosen them in reverse numerical order.
Removable screw
Removable screw
Captive
screw
Captive
Captive
screw
screw
Chapter 3: Replacing notebook components