Step By Step Cleaning (continued)
If your system used a shroud or duct, reinstall it to its original location.
Make sure the front of the case is OK before you reinstall the bezel. Compare this photo with #17, and you can see this system is good to go.
This bezel hooks on the right side, and snaps, via its prongs, on the left. Yours may differ somewhat, but the idea will be similar.
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Replace the plug-in cards in the same slots from which they were removed, and tighten the hold-down screws.![]()
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Replace any shrouds or ducts you removed.
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Check the front before replacing the bezel. ![]()
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Snap, screw, or otherwise fasten the bezel in place.
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Done! The system looks clean, just as it did when we started. But now it really is clean, and will run cooler and more reliably than before.

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Done!
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