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5. Remove the air duct.

6. Remove the heat sink from the microprocessor:

Attention: The heat sink may become very hot during normal operation.

Allow time for the heat sink to cool down before you touch it.

a. Loosen the screws and alternate among the screws until they break the

seal with the microprocessor.

b. Press firmly on the captive screws and loosen them with a screwdriver.

c. Use your fingers to gently pull the heat sink from the microprocessor.

Important: Be careful when you handle the microprocessor and heat sink.

If the microprocessor and heat sink will be reused, do not contaminate the

thermal material between them.

Heat sink

System board

Attention: The microprocessor retention latch is spring-loaded when the

microprocessor is in place. Releasing the latch too quickly or allowing it to

spring upward can damage the microprocessor and surrounding components.

7. Release the microprocessor retention latch by pressing down on the end,

moving it to the side, and slowly releasing it to the open (up) position.

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IBM System x3100 M4 Type 2582 Specifications

General

Form Factor	Tower
Chipset	Intel C202
Memory Slots	4 DIMM slots
Processor	Intel Pentium
Memory	Up to 32GB DDR3
Storage	Up to 4 x 3.5"
Power Supply	350W
Network Interface	Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1
Expansion Slots	1 PCI
USB Ports	6 x USB 2.0 (2 front, 4 rear)
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server