Installing The Fan And Heat-Sink Assembly - Dell Alienware x16 R2 Owner's Manual

Installing the fan and heat-sink assembly

CAUTION: The information in this installation section is intended for authorized service technicians only.
Prerequisites
If you are replacing a component, remove the existing component before performing the installation process.
About this task
NOTE: When installing this component, see the Tech Sheet that is bundled with the service kit. The presence of Element 31
grease in the computer depends on the discrete Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) configuration installed.
To determine if your computer has Element 31 grease applied on the CPU or GPU, see the following table.
Table 29. Service kit items
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
NOTE: Thermal grease is already pre-applied to the new thermal assembly. DO NOT apply additional thermal grease.
The following images indicate the location of the fan and heat-sink assembly and provide a visual representation of the installation
procedure.
Element 31 grease
Present in both CPU and GPU
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