•Themicroprocessorspeedsareautomaticallysetforthisserver;therefore,youdonothavetosetany
microprocessorfrequency-selectionjumpersorswitches.
•Ifthethermal-greaseprotectivecover(forexample,aplasticcaportapeliner)isremovedfromtheheat
sink,donottouchthethermalgreaseonthebottomoftheheatsinkorsetdowntheheatsink.Formore
informationaboutapplyingorworkingwiththermalgrease,see“Thermalgrease”onpage137
.
Note:Removingtheheatsinkfromthemicroprocessordestroystheevendistributionofthethermal
greaseandrequiresreplacingthethermalgrease.
•Toorderanadditionaloptionalmicroprocessor,contactyourLenovosalesrepresentativeorLenovo
reseller.
•Themicroprocessorinstallationtoolhasthemicroprocessorinstalledonthetool,andmayhavea
protectivecoveroverthemicroprocessor.Donotusethetool,orremovethecoveruntilyouare
instructedtodoso.
Note:Besuretousetheinstallationtoolthatcomeswithyourmicroprocessorinstallationtoolassembly.
Thetoolhastwosettingsforinstallingtwodifferentsizesofmicroprocessors.Thesettingsthataremarked
onthetoolare“L”forsmallerlowcoremicroprocessors,and“H”forlargerhighcoremicroprocessors.
Figure73.Microprocessorinstallationtool
Toreplaceamicroprocessorandheatsink,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”
onpage75.
Step2.Turnofftheserverandperipheraldevicesanddisconnectallexternalcables.
Attention:Whenyouhandlestatic-sensitivedevices,takeprecautionstoavoiddamagefrom
staticelectricity.Fordetailsabouthandlingthesedevices,see“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”
onpage76.
Step3.Removethecomputenode(see“Removingacomputenodefromachassis”onpage77).
Step4.Removetheairbaffle(see“Removingtheairbaffle”onpage86).
Step5.Openthemicroprocessorsocketreleaseleversandretainer:
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