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Installing Microprocessors
Note: When you install a second microprocessor, it becomes the startup
(boot) microprocessor.
3. Carefully remove the microprocessor from the static-protective package.
4. If you are replacing a microprocessor, remove the existing microprocessor from
its socket. Otherwise, go to step 5.
a. Locate the microprocessor socket on the system board. (See the
illustration in “System Board Illustration” on page 168.)
b. Place your index fingers on the small retainer tabs on the top of the
microprocessor. Push in toward the microprocessor until the tabs release.
Note: The illustrations in this section might differ slightly from your
hardware.
Tabs
c. Lift the microprocessor out of the connector.
d. Store the old microprocessor in a static-protective package.
5. Touch the static-protective package that contains the new microprocessor to
any
unpainted
metal surface in the server; then, remove the new
microprocessor.
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