•Themicroprocessorinstallationtoolhasthemicroprocessorinstalledonthetool,andmayhavea
protectivecoveroverthemicroprocessor.Donotusethetool,orremovethecoveruntilyouare
instructedtodoso.
Note:Besuretousetheinstallationtoolthatcomeswithyourmicroprocessorinstallationtoolassembly.
Thetoolhastwosettingsforinstallingtwodifferentsizesofmicroprocessors.Thesettingsthataremarked
onthetoolare“L”forsmallerlowcoremicroprocessors,and“H”forlargerhighcoremicroprocessors.
Microprocessor Installation Tool
Microprocessor
Installation tool
Figure199.Microprocessorinstallationtool
Toreplaceamicroprocessorandheatsink,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”on
page116.
Step2.Turnofftheserverandperipheraldevicesanddisconnectthepowercordsandallexternalcables.
Attention:Whenyouhandlestatic-sensitivedevices,takeprecautionstoavoiddamagefromstatic
electricity.Fordetailsabouthandlingthesedevices,see“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”on
page118.
Step3.Removethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage119).
Step4.Removetheairbaffle(see“Removingtheairbaffle”onpage122).
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