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Attention:
1. Do not use any tools or sharp objects to lift the release levers on the
microprocessor socket. Doing so might result in permanent damage to the
system board.
2. Do not touch the contacts in the microprocessor socket. Touching these contacts
might result in permanent damage to the system board.
To install a microprocessor and heat sink, complete the following steps:
1. Before you begin, read “Safety” on page v and “Installation guidelines” on
page 17.
2. Shut down the operating system, turn off the blade server, and remove the
blade server from the BladeCenter unit. See “Removing the blade server from
the BladeCenter unit” on page 19 for instructions.
3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
4. Open the blade server cover (see “Removing the blade server cover” on page
20 for instructions).
5.
If you are installing a microprocessor in the blade server and an expansion
unit is attached to the blade server, remove the device (see “Removing an
optional expansion unit” on page 23).
6. Locate microprocessor socket 2 (see “Blade server connectors” on page 15).
7.
Remove the heat-sink filler, if one is present.
8. If you are not installing a new microprocessor and a new heat sink, remove
the thermal grease from the heat sink and microprocessor; then, apply new
thermal grease before installation (see “Thermal grease” on page 34).
Attention: Do not use any tools or sharp objects to lift the release levers on
the microprocessor socket. Doing so might result in permanent damage to the
system board.
9. Open the microprocessor socket release lever and retainer:
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