Note:Removingtheheatsinkfromthemicroprocessordestroystheevendistributionofthethermal
greaseandrequiresreplacingthethermalgrease.
Attention:
•Microprocessorsaretobeinstalledonlybytrainedtechnicians.
•Donotallowthethermalgreaseonthemicroprocessorandheatsinktocomeincontactwithanything.
Contactwithanysurfacecancompromisethethermalgreaseandthemicroprocessorsocket.
•Droppingthemicroprocessorduringinstallationorremovalcandamagethecontacts.
•Donottouchthemicroprocessorcontacts;handlethemicroprocessorbytheedgesonly.Contaminants
onthemicroprocessorcontacts,suchasoilfromyourskin,cancauseconnectionfailuresbetween
thecontactsandthesocket.
•Thepinsonthesocketsarefragile.Anydamagetothepinsmightrequirereplacingthesystemboard.
Readthesafetyinformationin“Safety”onpagev
and“Installationguidelines”onpage31.
Ifyouarereplacingaservercomponentintheserver,youneedtoslidetheserveroutfromtherack
enclosure,turnofftheserverandperipheraldevices,anddisconnectthepowercordsandallexternalcables.
Toinstallamicroprocessorandheatsink,completethefollowingsteps.
Step1.Carefullyturntheserveronitssidesothatitislyingflat,withthecoverfacingup.
Attention:
•Whenyouhandlestatic-sensitivedevices,takeprecautionstoavoiddamagefromstatic
electricity.Fordetailsabouthandlingthesedevices,see“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”on
page33.
•Themicroprocessorcontactsarefragile;handlethemicroprocessorverycarefully.Donottouch
themicroprocessorcontactswithyourskin.
•Themicroprocessorfitsonlyonewayonthesocket.
Step2.Alignthemicroprocessorwiththesocket(notethealignmentmarkandthepositionofthenotches);
then,carefullyplacethemicroprocessoronthesocket,closethemicroprocessorbracketframe,
andclosethemicroprocessorreleaselatch.
Figure170.Microprocesssorinstallation
Step3.Gentlylowertheheatsinkonthemicroprocessor.
Step4.Alignthescrewholesontheheatsinkwiththeholesonthesystemboard.
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