Product guide

Chapter Three Upgrading

A. Processor in Single Edge Contact cartridge

B. Retention mechanism

Installing a Processor

1. Observe the safety and ESD precautions at the beginning of this

chapter and the additional cautions given here.

2. If your server has one processor and you are ADDING a second,

then you must remove the termination card from the secondary

processor slot. Carefully pull back the tab of the retention

mechanism with your left hand until the processor can be rotated

out of the slot. With your right hand, grasp the processor on the

side closest to the retention mechanism tab you are pulling back

on, and rotate the one side of the processor out of the slot. Once

that side is free, you can pull the other side out of the slot.

3. If your server has one processor and you are REPLACING it,

leave the termination board intact in the empty secondary slot.

Remove the processor you want to replace.

4. If your server has two processors and you are REPLACING one

or both, remove the appropriate one(s).

5. Remove the new processor from its antistatic package and place

it on a grounded, static free surface or conductive foam pad.

6. Attach the small end of the power cable to the fan connector on

the S.E.C. cartridge, then attach the large end to the 3-pin

connector on the server board.

This is a difficult process.

Do NOT pull the tab of the

retention mechanism back too far, as damage to either the

retention mechanism or server board can occur. Pull the tab

of the retention mechanism back just far enough for the

retention lock to free the processor.

Caution

The processor Grounded Retention Mechanisms (GRM)

are NOT compatible with SECC type processor

packaging.

If you must use SECC type processors, you must

use the Universal Retention Mechanism (URM). URMs can be

ordered through your micronpc.com sales representative .