Installing A Heat Sink - Dell PowerEdge M630 Owner's Manual

Installing a heat sink

Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. Youshould 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
instructionsthatcamewiththeproduct.
NOTE: If you are installing just one processor, it must be installed in socket CPU1.
NOTE: Youmust remove a processor to upgrade a processor or replace a faulty processor.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in safety instructions section.
2. Keep the Phillips #2 screwdriver ready.
3. Followthe procedure listed in the Beforeworking inside yoursystem section.
4. Remove the coolingshroud
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5. Remove the processor or processor blank/DIMM blank.
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Step
To install the heat sink:
a. If applicable, remove the existing thermal grease from the heat sink byusing aclean lint-free cloth.
b. Apply thermal grease on the top of the processor. Use the thermal-grease syringe included with your processor kit to apply
the grease in a thin spiral on the top of the processor as shown in the figure.
Figure 36. Installing a heat sink
1. retention screw (4)
3. processor socket
CAUTION: Applying too much thermal greasecan resultin excess grease coming in contact with and
contaminating the processor socket.
2. heat sink
4. heat sink retention socket (4)
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