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socket2isprotectedbyaplasticsocketcover.YoucanpurchaseamicroprocessoroptionkitfromLenovo
andinstallthesecondmicroprocessortoexpandsystemcapabilities.
CAUTION:
Turnofftheserverandwaitseveralminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremovingtheservercover.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Ensurethatyouinstallthecorrecttypeofmicroprocessoroptionyourserversupports.See“Features”on
page7
.Whentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled,bothmusthavethesamecorevoltageandcorespeed.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththemicroprocessoroptionkitandfollowthoseinstructionsin
additiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
•Yourmicroprocessor,socket,andsocketcovermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthis
topic.
Toinstallthesecondmicroprocessor,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage68.
5.Locatethemicroprocessorsocket2onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage41.
6.Openthesmallhandle1firstbygentlypressingdownthehandlealittlebitandthenpushingthehandle
inwardtoreleaseitfromthesecuredposition.Then,opentheothersmallhandle
2inthesameway.
Note:Therearetwomarksonthemicroprocessorretainer.Openthesmallhandlemarkedwith
firstandthenopentheothersmallhandlemarkedwith.Alwaysfollowthecorrectsequencewhen
youopenthesmallhandles.
Figure95.Openingthehandlesofthemicroprocessorretainer
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