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Installing an ht bridge card – Dell PowerEdge M710HD User Manual

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Installing Blade Components

Installing an HT Bridge Card

1 Perform the following steps to prepare the two sockets on the new system

board:

a

Remove the processor filler blank.

b

Lift the plastic processor socket cover from the socket.

c

Unlatch and rotate the socket-release lever 90 degrees upward.

d

Lift the processor shield.

e

Repeat step a through step d to prepare the second processor socket.

2 Install the bridge card in the socket. See Figure 3-54.

CAUTION:

Positioning the card incorrectly can permanently damage the card and

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

Identify the pin-1 corner of the card by locating the tiny gold triangle

on one corner of the card. Place this corner in the same corner of the

ZIF socket identified by a corresponding triangle on the system board.

b

Ensure that the socket-release lever is fully open.

c

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

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

When the card is positioned correctly, it drops down into the socket

with minimal pressure.

d

Close the processor shield.

e

Rotate the socket release lever down until it snaps into place, securing

the card.

3 Close the blade. See "Closing the Blade" on page 161.
4 Install the blade. See "Installing a Blade" on page 158.