4-22 Installing Options
To remove the processor from the socket, see “Removing the Processor.”
To install the upgrade processor, see “Installing an Upgrade Processor.”
Removing the Processor
Remove the processor from its socket on the system board as follows.
Before handling components, reduce static
discharge by touching the chassis.
1.
Remove the cover (see “Removing the Cover” earlier in this chapter).
2.
Locate the processor socket on the system board (see the figure
“Locating the memory module and processor sockets” earlier in this
chapter).
If the system was just running, the processor
and heat sink on the system board are hot. To avoid a burn, let the
components cool for about 10 minutes before continuing.
3.
Tag and unplug the cooling fan cable from its connector (CPU Fan)
on the system board.
4.
Remove the retention clip from the heat sink and processor as follows
(see the following figure).
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Simultaneously press down on one end of the retention clip
while carefully pulling out the end to unhook it from the tab on
the processor socket.
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Unhook the retention clip from the tab on the opposite side of the
processor socket.
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Remove the fan (if installed), heat sink, and retention clip from
the processor.
5.
Remove the processor as follows.
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Pull out on the processor socket lock lever just enough to release
the lever from the socket, then pivot the lever up to release the
processor.
