- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw list
- Major components of Precision 5860 Tower
- Side cover
- Front bezel
- I/O bracket
- External storage flexbay (Hard drive)
- Removing the hard-drive assembly
- Installing the hard-drive assembly
- Removing a 3.5-inch hard-drive from a hard-drive assembly
- Installing a 3.5-inch hard-drive from hard-drive assembly
- Removing a 2.5-inch hard-disk drive from a hard-drive assembly
- Installing a 2.5-inch hard-drive from a hard-drive assembly
- External storage flexbay (Solid-state drive)
- Slim optical-drive
- Top cover
- Air shroud
- PCIe holder
- Front fan
- 3.5-inch hard-drive assembly
- 2.5-inch hard-drive assembly
- Hard-drive fan assembly
- Bottom air-shroud
- Internal hard-drive cage
- Rear fans
- Memory module
- M.2 solid state drive
- Heat sink
- Processor
- Coin-cell battery
- Expansion card
- Removing the powered graphics-card
- Installing the powered graphics-card
- Removing the non-powered graphics card
- Installing the non-powered graphics card
- Removing the UltraSpeed Duo card
- Installing the UltraSpeed Duo card
- Removing the UltraSpeed Quad card
- Installing the UltraSpeed Quad card
- Removing the Thunderbolt PCIe card
- Installing the Thunderbolt PCIe card
- Removing the wireless card
- Installing the wireless card
- Speaker
- Intrusion switch
- Voltage-regulator heat sink
- Removing the voltage-regulator heat sink - Location 1
- Installing the voltage-regulator heat sink - Location 1
- Removing the voltage-regulator heat sink - Location 2
- Installing the voltage-regulator heat sink - Location 2
- Removing the voltage-regulator heat sink - Location 3
- Installing the voltage-regulator heat sink - Location 3
- Power-supply unit
- System board
- Rail kit
- Drivers and downloads
- BIOS Setup
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Dell
Precision 5860 Tower Service Manual
Removing the processor
Prerequisites
- Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
- Remove the side cover.
- Remove the heat-sink assembly.
NOTE:The processor might still be hot after the computer is shut down. Allow the processor to cool down before removing it.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the processor and provide a visual representation of the removal procedure.
Steps
- Slide outwards and release the lever from the securing clips on the CPU carrier.
- Pull the securing clips on the CPU carrier and release the processor.
- Gently slide the processor out of the CPU carrier.
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