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Notes:
•Ensurethatthenewmicroprocessoristhecorrecttypeyourserversupports.See“Memorymodule
installationrules”onpage75
.Whentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled,bothmusthavethesamecore
voltageandcorespeed.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththemicroprocessoroptionkitandfollowthoseinstructionsin
additiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
•Yourmicroprocessor,socket,andsocketcovermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthis
topic.
Toreplacethemicroprocessor,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage69.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage73.
5.Removetheheatsink.See“Installingorreplacingaheatsink”onpage104.
6.Locatethemicroprocessorsocketandopenthesmallhandle2rst.Then,opentheothersmall
handle1.
Note:Therearetwomarksonthemicroprocessorretainer.Youneedtoopenthesmallhandlemarked
with
rstandthenyoucanopentheothersmallhandlemarkedwith.
Figure73.Openingthehandles
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