Dell PowerEdge 1800 User Manual
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Installing System Options
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Remove the heat sink:
a
If the processor is removed from the socket with the heat sink, twist or slide the processor
off of the heat sink. Do not pry the processor off of the heat sink.
b
Set the heat sink on its side so as not to contaminate the thermal grease.
8
Pull the socket-release lever straight up until the processor is released from the socket. See
Figure 6-6.
Figure 6-6.
Installing and Removing the Processor
9
Lift the processor out of the socket and leave the release lever up so that the socket is ready for
the new processor.
NOTICE:
Be careful not to bend any of the pins when removing the processor. Bending the pins can
permanently damage the processor.
processor
pin-1 corner of processor
socket-release
lever
pin-1 corner of
socket