15.Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage101.
Thefailingsystemboardmustbereturnedwithamicroprocessorsocketcovertoprotectthepinsduring
shippingandhandling.
Toinstallthemicroprocessorsocketcover,dothefollowing:
1.Releasetheleversecuringthemicroprocessorretainerandopentheretainertoaccessthe
microprocessor.
2.Graspthemicroprocessoronthesidesandliftitstraightupandoutofthesocket.Donottouchthe
contactsonthemicroprocessorsocket.
3.Notetheorientationofthesocketcover.Alignthenotches1ofthemicroprocessorsocketcoverwith
thealignmentkeys
2ofthemicroprocessorsocket.
4.Installonesideofthesocketcoverintothemicroprocessorsocketasshown.
Figure26.Installingthesocketcover
Note:Yourmicroprocessorsocketandcovermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustration.
5.Carefullypresstheothersideofthesocketcoverdownwardsuntilthesocketcoversnapsintoplace.
Figure27.Securingthesocketcover
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