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•“Replacingthemicroprocessor”onpage146
Installingthesecondmicroprocessor
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety
information”onpagevand“Guidelines”onpage73.
Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithoneortwomicroprocessors.Forservermodelswith
onemicroprocessor,themicroprocessorisinstalledinthemicroprocessorsocket1andthemicroprocessor
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”onpage75.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage78.
5.Locatethemicroprocessorsocket2onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage48.
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