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EXPLODE VIEW DISASSEMBLY FLOW CHART LEFT CHASSIS HDD ASSY ASSY SWITCHING POWER SYSTEM FAN TOP COVER ASSY MEMORY BASE COVER FRONT PANEL ASSY ASSY OPTICAL DRIVE PCI CARD CARD READER MOTHER FRONT USB /1394 PORT BOARD Sony Confidential VGC-RB Series...
DISASSEMBLY FRAME HARNESS EXPLODE VIEW LEFT CHASSIS ASSY Two screws Remove the left chassis assy in the direction of arrow TOP COVER ASSY Two screws A screw Remove the top cover assy in direction of arrow Sony Confidential VGC-RB Series...
Oil: LUBRICANT Note: Also apply an oil to the 6 position shown in these photos. Place to apply: Door hinges and their compartments. Place to apply: Springs on upper and lower doors. Oil: LUBRICANT Sony Confidential VGC-RB Series...
EXPLODE VIEW BASE COVER ASSY A screw Pull the claw Remove the base in the direction of arrow OPTICAL DRIVE harness (IDE CD- ROM) harness (power) Four screws Remove the optical drive in the direction of arrow Sony Confidential VGC-RB Series...
FRAME HARNESS EXPLODE VIEW CARD READER harness (CARD READER) Two screws Remove the CARD READER in the direction of arrow FRONT USB /1394 PORT A screw Two screws Two screws USB Cover 1394 Port Front USB Port Sony Confidential VGC-RB Series...
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FRAME HARNESS EXPLODE VIEW HDD ASSY Two screws harness (power: P5) harness (SATA) Pull the HDD holder in the direction of arrow. Four screws A screw PCI CARD Remove the PCI card in the direction of arrow Sony Confidential VGC-RB Series...
EXPLODE VIEW SWITCHING POWER harness (power: P1) harness (power: P3) Four screws Pull out the switching power in the direction of arrow. SYSTEM FAN harness (System Fan) Four Screws Remove System fan in the direction of arrow VGC-RB Series Sony Confidential...
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FRAME HARNESS EXPLODE VIEW MEMORY Push down on the t wo clips at the same time to unlatch the memory memory Remove the memory by clip grasping both ends and pulling straight up. clip boss DDR socket VGC-RB Series Sony Confidential...
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Thermal diffusion grease : silicon compound (G-765) 90G Amount to apply : 0.5g (as the same size as the tip of a match) (Pentium 4) *Take care not to apply the grease to any other places because it has high conductivity. VGC-RB Series Sony Confidential...
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Pull straight up on the CPU fan sink as shown harness (CPU power :P2) harness (1394) harness (FP USB_1) harness (IDE) harness (FP USB_2) 10 harness (SATA) 11 harness (FRONT PANEL) 12 Eight screws 13 Mother Board VGC-RB Series Sony Confidential...
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214 2-581-622-01 LED RUBBER 215 2-581-645-01 HOLDER 216 2-581-628-01 USB COVER 217 1-787-304-11 FAN, 92*92*25MM, 3400RPM, FOXCONN 1-787-304-41 FAN, 92*92*25MM, 3400RPM, FOXCONN 1-787-304-51 FAN 218 2-581-582-01 LED HOLDER(CLED-1D) 219 2-581-646-01 SIDE COVER L 220 A-1107-622-A FAN DUCT BKT ASSY Sony Confidential VGC-RB Series...
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2-590-522-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER 2-590-523-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER 2-590-524-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER 2-630-875-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER 2-630-842-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER 2-630-878-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER 2-631-269-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER 2-630-879-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER 2-630-880-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER Sony Confidential VGC-RB Series...
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2-630-883-31 ID LABEL 2-630-883-51 ID LABEL 2-630-883-41 LABEL, ID 2-630-839-01 LABEL, ID 2-635-228-31 LABEL, ID 2-635-228-41 ID LABEL 2-635-228-51 ID LABEL 2-635-228-81 ID LABEL 2-630-883-81 ID LABEL 2-635-228-01 ID LABEL 2-635-228-11 ID LABEL 2-635-228-21 ID LABEL Sony Confidential VGC-RB Series...