Supermicro X6DVA-4G2 User Manual page 24

X6DVA-4G2/X6DVA-EG2 User's Manual
1. Unscrew and remove the heatsink
screws from the motherboard in the se-
quence as show in the second picture on
the right.
2. Hold the heatsink as shown in the pic-
ture on the right and gently wriggle the
heatsink to loosen it from the CPU. (Do
not use excessive force when wriggling
the heatsink!!)
3. Once the CPU is loosened from the
heatsink, remove the heatsink from the
CPU socket.
4. Clean the surface of the CPU and
the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal
grease. Reapply the proper amount of
thermal grease on the surface before you
re-install the CPU and the heatsink.
Figure 2-1. PGA604 Socket: Empty and with Processor Installed
!
Warning!
Make sure to lift the lever
completely when installing the
CPU; otherwise, damage to
the CPU might occur.
Lever
Triangle
Triangle
2-4
Empty socket
Processor
(installed)