Clevo X7200, Service Manual

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Disassembly
Removing and Installing the Video Card 2 - 9
2.Disassembly
Removing and Installing the Video Card
Video Card Removal Procedure
1.
Turn off the computer, turn it over and remove the battery (
page 2 - 5
) and component cover (
page 2 - 7
)
.
2.
Remove screws - (
Figure 5
a ).
3.
Disconnect the fan cables
&
and remove the fan units & (
Figure 5
b ) .
4.
Remove screws - from the heat sink unit in the order indicated on the label (i.e screw 4 first through to
screw 1 last) (
Figure 5
c )
.
5.
Carefully ( it may be hot ) remove the heat sink units & by pulling the plastic strips & up (
Figure
5 d ) .
6. Remove screws
-
from the video cards & ( Figure 5 d )
.

11 & 12.Fan Units
21 & 22.Heat Sink Units
29 & 30.Video Cards
• 20 Screws

Caution
The heat sink, and video
card area in general,
contains parts which are
subject to high tempera-
tures. Allow the area
time to cool before re-
moving these parts.
Figure 5
Video Card
Removal Procedure
a. Remove the fan
screws.
b. Disconnect the fan ca-
bles & remove the fan
units.
c. Remove the screws in
the correct order.
d. Carefully remove the
heat sink units by pul-
ling the plastic strips
up. Remove the video
1 8
9 10 11 12
13 20
21 22 23 24
25 28 29 30
3
a.
2
1
4
6
7
8
5
12
c.
b.
d.
Screw 3
13
14

Heat Sink Screw Removal and
Insertion
Remove the screws from the heat sink in
the order indicated here:
4-3-2-1 .
When tightening the screws, make sure
that they are tightened in the order:
1-2-3-
4 .
15
12
16 14
13
15
20 18
17 19
21 22
Screw 1 Screw 3 Screw 1
Screw 2 Screw 4 Screw 2 Screw 4
10
23 24
25 26 27 28
11
9
29 30