Notes:
•Ensurethatthenewmicroprocessoristhecorrecttypeyourserversupports.See“Memorymodule
installationrules”onpage60
.Whentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled,bothmusthavethesamecore
voltageandcorespeed.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththemicroprocessoroptionkitandfollowthoseinstructionsin
additiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
•Yourmicroprocessor,socket,andsocketcovermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthis
topic.
Toreplacethemicroprocessor,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage55.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage58.
5.Removetheheatsink.See“Installingorreplacingaheatsink”onpage90.
6.Locatethemicroprocessorsocket.Openthesmallhandle1firstbygentlypressingdownthehandlea
littlebitandthenpushingthehandleinwardtoreleaseitfromthesecuredposition.Then,openthe
othersmallhandle2inthesameway.
Note:Therearetwomarksonthemicroprocessorretainer.Openthesmallhandlemarkedwith
firstandthenopentheothersmallhandlemarkedwith.Alwaysfollowthecorrectsequencewhen
youopenthesmallhandles.
Figure62.Openingthehandles
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