HP HPE ProLiant DL120 Gen9 Maintenance And Service Manual page 58

Remove the access panel
4.
Remove the air baffle (on page 34).
5.
Remove the heatsink:
6.
Loosen one pair of diagonally opposite screws halfway, and then loosen the other pair of screws.
a.
Completely loosen all screws in the same sequence.
b.
Remove the heatsink from the processor backplate.
c.
CAUTION: The pins on the processor socket are very fragile. Any damage to them may
require replacing the system board.
Open each of the processor locking levers in the order indicated, and then open the processor
7.
retaining bracket.
CAUTION: THE PINS ON THE SYSTEM BOARD ARE VERY FRAGILE AND EASILY
DAMAGED. To avoid damage to the system board, do not touch the processor or the
processor socket contacts.
("Access panel" on page 40).
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