Ciara KRONOS 545 Installation instructions

CIARA Kronos 545 disassembly guide ...........................................................................................................3
1. Kronos 545 Casing and FPIO .................................................................................................................4
2. Kronos 545 Power supply .....................................................................................................................4
3. Kronos 545 Motherboard .....................................................................................................................5
4. Kronos 545 Hard disk drive and SSD .....................................................................................................6
5. Kronos 545 Optical drive.......................................................................................................................7
6. Kronos 545 Memory .............................................................................................................................7
7. Kronos 545 Processor ...........................................................................................................................8
8. Front casing fan.....................................................................................................................................8
9. Video controller ....................................................................................................................................9
10. Power Cord............................................................................................................................................9

CIARA Kronos 545 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 545 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. Motherboard
4. Hard disk drive and SSD
5. Optical drive
6. Memory
7. Processor
8. Front casing fan
9. Video controller
10. 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.

1. Kronos 545 Casing and FPIO
Recyclable, ROHS compliant, ABS bezel and SGCC metal sheet
2. Kronos 545 Power supply
To remove the power supply,
unscrew theses 4 screws, then unplug
all cables.
To remove the FPIO, unscrew theses
2 screws, then unplug all cables.

3. Kronos 545 Motherboard
3a. Motherboard battery
To remove the motherboard,
unscrew theses 9 screws.
The motherboard CR2032 battery is
popped in and popped out by hand.
No special tools are required to
install/disinstall this component.
The motherboard battery requires
selective treatment per EU WEEE
Directive Annex VII.

4. Kronos 545 Hard disk drive and SSD
To remove the M.2 SSD, unscrew the
retaining screw, lift the drive and pull
it out the slot.
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.

5. Kronos 545 Optical drive
6. Kronos 545 Memory
To remove a memory module, flip the
latch and remove the module.
To remove the optical drive, pull the
2 latches and pull the drive out.

7. Kronos 545 Processor
8. Front casing fan
To remove the processor, unscrew
these 4 screws, remove the heatsink,
lift the cover and remove the
processor.
To remove the heat exchanger,
unscrew the 4 screws and pull it out.
To remove the front casing fan,
unscrew these 2 screws.

9. Video controller
10. 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.