Installing the System
Installing Additional Components
Chapter 3
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Step 5.
Carefully lower the processor, without the sequencer frame, onto the processor socket. Align the
pins on the bottom of the heatsink to the slots in the retention frame on the extender board.
CAUTION
Do not press the processor modules into the socket. When properly assigned, the
processor pins seat into the socket by themselves. You can damage the pins if you
apply pressure.
TIP
Test the alignment of the assembly to the socket by gently moving the assembly back
and forth with the palm of your hand—you should feel little or no side play. However,
because the assembly is not yet tightened, it can tilt slightly toward the center of the
extender board; this is acceptable.
CAUTION
Before locking the processor assembly into its socket, ensure that the power cable is
not pinched between the heatsink and sheet metal frame of the extender board. Also,
ensure that the two power cable ends attached to the dual processor module do not
come unplugged from their sockets when you move the cable into place under the
heatsink. See Figure 3-25 and Figure 3-26.
Figure 3-25 Processor Cable Placed Correctly
Cable Placed Correctly
Under Heatsink
Sheet Metal Frame
Heatsink
Protective Plastic Sleeve
