Attention:Donottouchthemicroprocessorcontacts.Contaminantsonthemicroprocessor
contacts,suchasoilfromyourskin,cancauseconnectionfailuresbetweenthecontacts
andthesocket.
Step8.Removethemicroprocessorfromthesocket.
a.Selecttheemptyinstallationtoolandensurethatthehandleisintheopenposition.Ifthe
installationtoolhandleisnotintheopenposition,usethefollowinginstructionsforyour
installationtool:
•Whenusingtheinstallationtool,
1lifttheinterlocklatchandholditupwhileyou2twist
themicroprocessorinstallationtoolhandlecounterclockwisetotheopenposition,and
thenreleasetheinterlocklatch.Thefollowingillustrationoftheinstallationtoolshowsthe
locationoftheinterlocklatchandcounterclockwiserotationofthehandlebeforeloading
themicroprocessor.
Figure187.Installationtoolhandleadjustment
b.Aligntheinstallationtoolwiththescrews,asshowninthefollowinggraphic,andlowerthe
installationtoolonthemicroprocessor.Theinstallationtoolrestsflushonthesocketonly
whenitisalignedcorrectly.
Installation tool
Alignment
pins
Microprocessor
Figure188.Installationtoolalignment
c.Usingthefollowinginstructionsforyourinstallationtooltoremovethemicroprocessor.
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