•Eachmicroprocessorsocketmustalwayscontaineitherasocketcoveroramicroprocessorandheatsink.
•Besuretouseonlytheinstallationtoolsprovidedwiththenewmicroprocessortoremoveorinstall
themicroprocessor.Donotuseanyothertool.
•Wheninstallingmultiplemicroprocessors,openonemicroprocessorsocketatatimetoavoiddamaging
othermicroprocessorsocketcontacts.
•Themicroprocessorinstallationtoolhasthemicroprocessorinstalledonthetool,andmayhavea
protectivecoveroverthemicroprocessor.Donotusethetool,orremovethecoveruntilyouare
instructedtodoso.
Note:Besuretousetheinstallationtoolthatcomeswithyourmicroprocessorinstallationtoolassembly.
Thetoolsaresimilarinfunctionanddesign,howeverToolAhasonesettingforinstallingonesizeof
microprocessor,andsupportsthefollowingfamiliesofmicroprocessors:E5-26xx,E5-46xx.InstallationTool
Bhastwosettingsforinstallingtwodifferentsizesofmicroprocessors.ThesettingsthataremarkedonTool
Bare“L”forsmallerlowcoremicroprocessors,and“H”forlargerhighcoremicroprocessors.Installation
ToolBsupportsthefollowingfamiliesofmicroprocessors:E5-26xx,E5-46xx,E5-26xxv2,E5-46xxv2.
MicroprocessorInstallationToolsAandBareshowninthefollowingillustration.
H
Microprocessor Installation Tool A Microprocessor Installation Tool B
Installation tool
Microprocessor
Installation tool
Microprocessor
Cover
Figure208.Microprocessorinstallationtools
Toremoveamicroprocessorandheatsink,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”
onpage34.
Step2.Turnofftheserverandperipheraldevicesanddisconnectallpowercords.
Step3.Removethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage195).
Step4.Removetheairbaffle(see“Removingtheairbaffle”onpage199).
Step5.Locatethemicroprocessortoberemoved(see“System-boardinternalconnectors”onpage28).
Step6.Removetheheatsink.
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