NEC EXPRESS5800/120Lf, User Manual

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Upgrading Your System 4-15
Installing a Processor
1. Observe the safety and ESD precautions listed under General Information
and Static Precautions at the beginning of this chapter.
2. Prepare your system for upgrade. See Preparing Your System for Upgrade
described earlier in this chapter.
3. Remove the left-hand side access panel as described earlier in this chapter.
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CAUTION
Observe static precautions. Use an antistatic wrist strap.
Hold the processor only by its edges.
4. If your system has one processor (CPU #1) and you are adding a second
processor (CPU #2), then you must remove the termination board in the
secondary connector and store it appropriately.
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To remove a terminator, perform step 7. Otherwise, continue.
5.
If your system has one processor and you are replacing it, leave the
terminator board intact in the empty secondary processor connector. Remove
the processor you want to replace. See
Removing a Processor or Terminator
Board later in this chapter.
6.
If your system has two processors and you are replacing one or both, remove
the appropriate one(s). See
Removing a Processor or Terminator Board later
in this chapter.
7. Raise the lever on the socket to its up position and remove the terminator or
processor and place it on a grounded, static-free surface or conductive foam
pad. See Figure 4-11.
Figure 4-11. Removing a Processor or Terminator
8. Put the old processor in a piece of conductive foam and store in an antistatic
package.
9. Remove the new processor from its antistatic package and place
it on a grounded, static-free surface or conductive foam pad.