Installing A Processor - Dell PowerEdge M830 Owner's Manual

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Safety instructions
Before working inside your system
Removing the cooling shroud
Removing a heat sink

Installing a processor

Installing a heat sink
After working inside your system
Installing a processor
Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that are shipped with your product.
NOTE: This is a Field Replaceable Unit (FRU). Removal and installation procedures should be
performed only by Dell certified service technicians.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
3. Remove the processor.
NOTE: You must remove a processor to upgrade a processor or replace a faulty processor.
WARNING: The heat sink and processor are too hot to the touch for some time after the system
has been powered down. Allow the heat sink and processor to cool down before handling them.
CAUTION: Never remove the heat sink from a processor unless you intend to remove the
processor. The heat sink is necessary to maintain proper thermal conditions.
Steps
1. Unlatch and rotate the socket-release levers 90 degrees upward and ensure that the socket-release
lever is fully open.
2. Hold the tab on the processor shield and rotate the shield upward and out of the way.
NOTE: Dell recommends that you install or remove the socket protective cap from the
processor shield with the processor shield in the open position.
3. If installed, remove the socket protective cap from the processor shield. To remove the socket
protective cap, push the cap from the inside of the processor shield and move it away from the
socket pins.
CAUTION: Positioning the processor incorrectly can permanently damage the system board
or the processor. Be careful not to bend the pins in the socket.
CAUTION: Do not use force to seat the processor. When the processor is positioned
correctly, it engages easily into the socket.
4. Install the processor in the socket:
a. 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 (Zero Insertion Force) socket identified
by a corresponding triangle on the system board.
b. Align the pin-1 corner of the processor with the pin-1 corner of the system board.
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