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Microprocessor/heat sink assembly – Dell Precision 420 User Manual

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2. If necessary, remove any RIMMs that occupy sockets in which you plan to install the RIMMs.

3. Install the RIMMs.

a. Locate the plastic securing clips at each end of the socket (see

Figure 31

).

b. Press the clips outward until they snap open.

c. Press the RIMM straight into the slot running down the center of the socket until the securing tabs snap into place around the ends

of the RIMM.

Figure 31. RIMM Installation

4. Replace the computer cover, and reconnect your computer and peripherals to their electrical outlets and turn them on.

The system detects that the new memory does not match the existing system configuration information and generates the following
message:

The amount of system memory has changed.
Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility

5. Press to enter System Setup, and check the value for System Memory.


The system should have already changed the value of System Memory to reflect the newly installed memory. Verify the new total. If it is
correct, skip to

step 7

.

6. If the memory total is incorrect, turn off and disconnect your computer and peripherals from their electrical outlets. Remove the computer

cover, rotate the power supply, and check the installed RIMMs to make sure that they are seated properly in their sockets. Then repeat

steps

3, 4, and 5

.

7. Reset the chassis intrusion detector by changing Chassis Intrusion to Enabled or Enabled-Silent.

8. When the System Memory total is correct, press to exit System Setup.

9. Run the Dell Diagnostics to verify that the RIMMs are operating properly.

Microprocessor/Heat Sink Assembly

To replace a microprocessor, perform the following steps.

NOTES: If you are not installing a replacement RIMM at this time, you MUST remove the remaining RIMM in the pair and install a pair
of continuity modules (CRIMM).

When operating with a single pair of RIMMs, they MUST occupy sockets RIMMB-1 and RIMMA-2, with CRIMMs installed in RIMMB-3
and RIMMA-4.

1 Securing clips (2)

2 Notches (2)

NOTE: After you remove and replace the cover, the chassis intrusion detector causes the following message to appear on the
screen at the next system start-up:

ALERT! Cover was previously removed.

NOTE: If a setup password has been assigned by someone else, contact your network administrator for information on resetting
the chassis intrusion detector.

NOTE: Dell recommends that only a technically knowledgeable person perform this procedure.

CAUTION: Before you remove the computer cover, see "

Precautionary Measures

."