Notes:
•Ensurethatthenewmicroprocessoristhecorrecttypeyourserversupports.See“Features”onpage8.
Whentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled,bothmusthavethesamecorevoltageandcorespeed.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththemicroprocessoroptionkitandfollowthoseinstructionsin
additiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
•Yourmicroprocessor,socket,andsocketcovermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthis
topic.
Toreplacethemicroprocessor,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage73.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage78.
5.Removetheheatsink.See“Installingorreplacingaheatsink”onpage113.
6.Locatethemicroprocessorsocket.Openthesmallhandle2rstbygentlypressingdownthehandlea
littlebitandthenpullingthehandleoutwardtoreleaseitfromthesecuredposition.Then,openthe
othersmallhandle1inthesameway.
Note:Therearetwomarksonthemicroprocessorretainer.Youneedtoopenthesmallhandlemarked
with
rstandthenyoucanopentheothersmallhandlemarkedwith.
Figure79.Openingthehandles
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