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•Readthedocumentationthatcomeswiththemicroprocessortodeterminewhetheryouhavetoupdate
theserverfirmware.Todownloadthelatestlevelofserverfirmwareandothercodeupdatesforyour
server,gotohttp://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.
•Themicroprocessorspeedsareautomaticallysetforthisserver;therefore,youdonothavetosetany
microprocessorfrequency-selectionjumpersorswitches.
•Ifthethermal-greaseprotectivecover(forexample,aplasticcaportapeliner)isremovedfromtheheat
sink,donottouchthethermalgreaseonthebottomoftheheatsinkorsetdowntheheatsink.Formore
informationaboutapplyingorworkingwiththermalgrease,see“Thermalgrease”onpage267
.
Note:Removingtheheatsinkfromthemicroprocessordestroystheevendistributionofthethermal
greaseandrequiresreplacingthethermalgrease.
•Toorderanadditionaloptionalmicroprocessor,contactyourLenovosalesrepresentativeorLenovo
reseller.
•Themicroprocessorinstallationtoolhasthemicroprocessorinstalledonthetool,andmayhavea
protectivecoveroverthemicroprocessor.Donotusethetool,orremovethecoveruntilyouare
instructedtodoso.
Note:Besuretousetheinstallationtoolthatcomeswithyourmicroprocessorinstallationtoolassembly.
Thetoolhastwosettingsforinstallingtwodifferentsizesofmicroprocessors.Thesettingsthataremarked
onthetoolare“L”forsmallerlowcoremicroprocessors,and“H”forlargerhighcoremicroprocessors.
Microprocessor Installation Tool
Microprocessor
Installation tool
Figure192.Microprocessorinstallationtool
Toreplaceamicroprocessorandheatsink,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”on
page116.
Step2.Turnofftheserverandperipheraldevicesanddisconnectthepowercordsandallexternalcables.
Attention:Whenyouhandlestatic-sensitivedevices,takeprecautionstoavoiddamagefromstatic
electricity.Fordetailsabouthandlingthesedevices,see“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”on
page118.
Step3.Removethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage119).
Step4.Removetheairbaffle(see“Removingtheairbaffle”onpage122).
Step5.Openthemicroprocessorsocketreleaseleversandretainer:
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