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			Remove those screws and remove the HDD:
			 
		
			Lift off the palm rest:
			
		
			Lift up the keyboard, pull it back a bit, flip it over like that and then disconnect it from the board:
			 
 
		
			Gently wedge both sides loose:
			 
		
			Remove that cable from the position:
			 
		
Remove the bezel (sorry forgot to take pics).
			On the CPU (and there is another chip south-east to it, sorry forgot to take pic)
			clean off the old thermal paste (with the alcohol) and apply new (Artic Silver 5 is good, others are good too)
			you should also clean the heatsink the same way
			
		
This is also an opportunity to change the CPU to another one. For example if you had a Core Duo T2400, you can upgrade it to a better processor (higher speed, 64-bit support). A Core 2 Duo T7600 was installed here.
			Attach the heatsink and install the screws (also, make sure to install the AC jack as highlighted):
			
		
			Reinstall that upper bezel:
			
		
			Do that:
			 
		
			Attach keyboard:
			
		
			Place keyboard and (sorry, forgot to take pics) reinstall the palmrest and insert screws on the underside:
			
		
			It lives!
			 
 
		
			Always stress test ('stress -c 2' and xsensors. below 90C is ok) when replacing cpu paste/heatsink:
			
		
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