Installing The Heatsink - Supero AS-1041M-T2 Plus User Manual

Supermicro as-1041m-t2 plus servers: user guide

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Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup

3. Align pin 1 of the CPU with pin 1

of the socket. Once aligned, care-

fully place the CPU into the socket.

Do not drop the CPU on the socket,

move the CPU horizontally or verti-

cally or rub the CPU against the

socket or against any pins of the

socket, which may damage the CPU

and/or the socket.

4. With the CPU inserted into the

socket, inspect the four corners

of the CPU to make sure that it is

properly installed and ﬂ ush with the

socket. Then, gently lower the silver

CPU retention plate into place.

5. Carefully press the CPU socket

lever down until it locks into its re-

tention tab. For a dual-processor

system, repeat these steps to install

another CPU into the CPU#2 socket

or install to all four sockets for a

quad-CPU conﬁ guration

Installing the Heatsink

The use of active type heatsinks are recommended. Connect the heatsink fans to the

appropriate fan headers on the serverboard. To install the heatsinks, please follow

the installation instructions included with your heatsink package (not included).

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