Ciara KRONOS 540-G2 Installation instructions

CIARA Kronos 540-G2 disassembly guide .....................................................................................................3
1. Kronos 540-G2 Casing and FPIO............................................................................................................5
2. Kronos 540-G2 Power supply................................................................................................................7
3. Casing fans ............................................................................................................................................8
4. Kronos 540-G2 Motherboard................................................................................................................9
5. Motherboard battery..........................................................................................................................10
6. Kronos 540-G2 Hard disk drive or SSD................................................................................................11
7. Kronos 540-G2 Optical drive...............................................................................................................12
8. Kronos 540-G2 Memory......................................................................................................................13
9. Kronos 540-G2 Processor....................................................................................................................13
10. Video controller ..................................................................................................................................15
11. Power Cord .........................................................................................................................................15

CIARA Kronos 540-G2 disassembly guide
IMPORTANT NOTE
Before proceeding to disassemble your system, CIARA strongly recommends that you remove all your
data from the system. To do this, proceed as follows:
Reboot the system and press and hold shift key while rebooting.
Windows will prompt you to restore the OS with TWO (2) options:
1- Keep data (the user will be asked to connect a USB Hard Drive to move his data to it)
2- Remove all data (which will remove all user data but it will keep the OS)
Just about every part of the CIARA Kronos 540-G2 is recyclable. This guide will show you how to
disassemble the following various parts in order to bring them to a recycler:
1. Casing and FPIO
2. Power supply
3. Casing fan
4. Motherboard
5. Motherboard battery
6. Hard disk drive or SSD
7. Optical drive
8. Memory
9. Processor
10. Video controller
11. Power cord
All these components are subject to the EU. Directive 201219EU WEEE Directive, Annex VII and must be
treated by the recycler in compliance with the Directive.

Item description
Quantity of components
included in the product
PC board that is greater than 10 cm2
(Quantity)
Casing and FPIO
1
Yes (1)
Power supply
1
Yes (1)
Casing fans
2
N/A
Motherboard
1
Yes (1)
Motherboard battery
1
N/A
Hard disk drive or SSD
1
Yes (1)
Optical drive
1
Yes (1)
Memory
2
Yes (2)
Processor
1
N/A
Discrete video controller
1
Yes (1)
External electrical cable
1
N/A
Note : There are no plastics with brominated flame retardants in the components.

1. Kronos 540-G2 Casing and FPIO
Recyclable, ROHS compliant, ABS bezel and SGCC metal sheet
To remove the FPIO, unscrew theses
2 screws, then unplug all cables.
The front bezel can be removed
manually, toolless, by spreading the
three tabs and pulling outwards.

To remove the side panels, simply
release the four latches and pull the
panels back.
The rubber feet are glued in place. To
remove them, they can be lifted using
a sharp tool.

2. Kronos 540-G2 Power supply
To remove the power supply,
unscrew theses 4 screws, then unplug
all cables.

3. Casing fans
To remove the front casing fan,
unscrew these 2 screws.
To remove the rear casing fan,
unscrew these 4 screws.

4. Kronos 540-G2 Motherboard
To remove the motherboard,
unscrew theses 9 screws.

5. Motherboard battery
The motherboard battery requires
selective treatment per EU WEEE
Directive Annex VII.
The motherboard CR2032 battery is
popped in and popped out by hand.
No special tools are required to
install/disinstall this component.

6. Kronos 540-G2 Hard disk drive or SSD
To remove the M.2 SSD, unscrew the
retaining screw, lift the drive and pull
it out of the slot.
To remove the 2.5” HDD or SSD, pull
out the disk holder and unscrew the
HDD or SSD.
To remove the M.2 SSD, simply
unscrew the screws from the heatsink
and remove it.
Then turn the Q latch
counterclockwise, lift the disk and
remove it from the slot.

7. Kronos 540-G2 Optical drive
To remove the optical drive, pull the
2 latches and pull the drive out.
To remove the optical drive bay
cover, push it out from inside.

8. Kronos 540-G2 Memory
9. Kronos 540-G2 Processor
To remove a memory module, first
remove the cooling system, then flip
the latch and remove the module.
(See cooling system removal
procedure below.)
To remove the processor, you must
first remove the cooling system.
To do this, the four metal clips must
be removed.
The two fans can then be removed.
Then simply unscrew the two screws
that hold the heatsink in place.

To remove the processor, release the
lever, lift the cover and remove the
processor.

10. Video controller
11. Power Cord
To remove the video controller, flip
the plastic cover and unscrew the
retaining screw. Then pull to remove
the controller.
The power cord requires selective
treatment per EU WEEE Directive
Annex VII.