HP Chromebook 14 inch heat sink replacement

Step-by-step HP Chromebook 14 inch heat sink replacement rewritten in our own words from HP's Maintenance and Service Guide, with page citations.

Part you needP84303-001HP heat sink P84303-001 for the HP Chromebook 14 inch
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  1. Applies to
  2. tools and parts
  3. preparation
  4. replacement
  5. Part numbers in our catalog
  6. Manufacturer manual
Source: steps rewritten in our own words (no more than 8 words in a row copied; part numbers, screw sizes and warnings kept as printed) from HP's Maintenance and Service Guide (PDF, printed pages 40–41). Not bench-tested. We have not performed this repair; keep HP's manual open for its illustrations. Scope restrictions below are part of the guide: do not apply it to other models, generations or configurations. Service manuals are written for trained technicians; work at your own risk.

Labels: DOCUMENTED = taken from HP's manual; PROPOSED = our own joining or ordering of HP's directions, not an HP instruction; UNPERFORMED = a suggested check that has not been carried out.

Applies to

HP Chromebook 14 inch. Confirm the exact model on the service label before starting.

HP Chromebook 14 inch heat sink replacement. HP prints this procedure on printed page 40 of its maintenance and service guide.

tools and parts

  • Tweezers, Nonconductive, nonmarking pry tool and Magnetic Phillips P1 drivers
  • Static-safe work surface
  • No spare part number for this component was found in the cached manual
  • P84303-001 - Heat sink, 15 W (includes replacement thermal material). Source: printed page 40.

preparation

HP prints its tools list and its handling and electrostatic-discharge cautions on printed page 18. Its preparation for disassembly is on printed page 26: power the unit down through the operating system, unplug the power cord and detach every external device before opening it. Work on a grounded, static-safe surface, keep screws grouped by the position they came from, and handle boards and modules by their edges.

replacement

  1. In order indicated on heat sink, remove four Phillips M2.0 × 4.0 screws that hold the heat sink to the computer. (printed page 40).
  2. Take out the two Phillips M2.0 × 4.0 screws from the bracket that holds the heatsink, and then remove the bracket (3). (printed page 40).
  3. Take out the heat sink from the computer. (printed page 40).
  4. Thoroughly clean thermal material from surfaces of the heat sink (printed page 40).
  5. Put the heat sink back by repeating the printed removal moves in the opposite order (printed page 41).

Part numbers in our catalog

Check each part page for its source and variant notes before ordering.

Manufacturer manual

HP Maintenance and Service Guide (PDF, HP). Machine-readable copy: /api/guides/hp-chromebook-14-inch-heat-sink-replacement-p40

Key facts

HP document part number
P86848-001
Model
HP Chromebook 14 inch
Release year
2026
Screen size
14"
Printed pages
40–41

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