Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
CAUTION:
Theheatsinksandmicroprocessorsmightbeveryhot.Turnofftheserverandwaitseveralminutes
tolettheservercoolbeforeremovingtheservercover.
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”onpage61.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage61.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage64.
5.Locatethemicroprocessorsocket2onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage36.
6.Openthesmallhandle1firstbygentlypressingdownthehandlealittlebitandthenpushingthehandle
inwardtoreleaseitfromthesecuredposition.Then,opentheothersmallhandle2inthesameway.
Note:Therearetwomarksonthemicroprocessorretainer.Openthesmallhandlemarkedwith
firstandthenopentheothersmallhandlemarkedwith.Alwaysfollowthecorrectsequencewhen
youopenthesmallhandles.
Figure79.Openingthehandles
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