Heat Sinks; Removing The Heat Sink - HP Cloudline CL5200 Gen9 User And Maintenance Manual

Heat sinks

Passive heat sinks cool processors. To achieve optimal cooling performance, the underside of the heat
sink must be properly attached to the processor with TIM. The mechanical performance of the heat sink is
designed to meet the requirements of Intel processors. The heat sink is necessary to maintain chipset
temperature at or below temperature limits.

Removing the heat sink

NOTE: Heat sink designs may differ between CPU0 and CPU1.
To remove the heat sink:
Remove the compute node (on page 21).
1.
Loosen the four screws in the order shown in the following figure.
2.
Remove the heat sink.
3.
Repeat the procedure for the additional heat sink.
4.
Heat sink 0 Heat sink 1
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