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Chapter 4: Installing Components
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4 If your server has a passive heat sink, press down on the heat sink locking
lever on each side, push them slightly away from the heat sink, then lift
the levers out of the way.
- OR -
If your server has a heat sink with a fan, press down on the heat sink
locking lever on each side, push them slightly away from the heat sink,
then lift the levers out of the way. Unplug the heat sink’s fan from its
connector on the system board.
5 Remove the heat sink.
Important The heat sink mounting paste may harden over time and
hold the heat sink securely to the processor. If removing
the heat sink also pulls the processor out of the processor
socket, the processor should still be undamaged. Rotate
the processor locking lever out of the way and continue
with the procedure in Step 8.