
RX2520 M4
Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
Content
Main memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Population rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Modes of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Independent Channel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Mirrored Channel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Rank Sparing mode (Single-Dual Rank Modules) . . . . . . 240
Rank Sparing mode (Quad Rank Modules) . . . . . . . . . 241
Installing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Selecting the memory slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Removing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Removing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Replacing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Removing a defective memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Installing a new memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Processor (CPU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Upgrading to 2 CPUs configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Removing the socket cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Installing the CPU and heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Upgrading the main memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Replacing a CPU or heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Removing the heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Removing the CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Applying the thermal paste to the CPU surface . . . . . . . . . 262
Installing the CPU and heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Summary of Contents for PRIMERGY RX2520 M4
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