Installing a processor – Dell PowerEdge M710HD User Manual

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Installing Blade Components

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Installing a Processor

1 If you are adding a processor to an unoccupied socket, perform the

following steps first:

NOTE:

If you are installing just one processor, it must be installed in socket

Remove the processor filler blank.

Lift the plastic processor socket cover from the socket.

For PowerEdge M910, remove the screw securing the processor shield.
For other blades, unlatch and rotate the socket-release lever 90 degrees

upward and ensure that the socket-release is fully open during

processor install.

Lift the processor shield.

CAUTION:

Positioning the processor incorrectly can permanently damage the

processor and the system board when you turn it on. Be careful not to bend the
pins on the LGA socket.

2 Install the processor in the socket. See Figure 3-50 (PowerEdge M915),

M610, M610x, or M600), or Figure 3-53 (PowerEdge M915, M905, M805,

or M605).

Identify the pin-1 corner of the processor by locating the tiny gold

triangle on one corner of the processor. Place this corner in the same

corner of the ZIF socket identified by a corresponding triangle on the

system board. Align the pin-1 corner of the processor with the pin-1

corner of the ZIF socket. See Figure 3-50 (PowerEdge M915),

Figure 3-51 (PowerEdge M910), Figure 3-52 (PowerEdge M710,

M710HD, M610, M610x, or M600), or Figure 3-53 (PowerEdge M905,

M805, or M605).

With the pin-1 corners of the processor and socket aligned, set the

processor lightly in the socket.
Because the system uses a ZIF processor socket, do not use force.

When the processor is positioned correctly, it drops down into the

socket with minimal pressure.

Close the processor shield.