Removing A Microprocessor - IBM x3655 - System - 7985 Service Manual

Installing the center bracket
To install the replacement center bracket, complete the following steps.
1. Align the center bracket with the screw holes in the top and bottom of the drive
2. Install the top and bottom screws that hold the center bracket in place.
3. Install the hard disk drive backplane (see "Installing the 3.5-inch-drive
4. Install the fan-bracket assembly (see "Installing the fan-bracket assembly" on
5. Install the cover (see "Installing the cover" on page 40).
6. Slide the server into the rack.
7. Install the hard disk drives (see "Installing a hard disk drive" on page 53).
8. Connect the cables and the power cord.
9. Turn on all attached devices and the server.

Removing a microprocessor

Attention:
v Do not allow the thermal grease on the microprocessor and heat sink to come in
v Handle the microprocessor carefully. Dropping the microprocessor during
v Do not touch the microprocessor contacts; handle the microprocessor by the
3.5-inch
cage divider
bay area, and push the center bracket into the server.
backplane" on page 77).
page 67).
contact with anything. Contact with any surface can compromise the thermal
grease and the microprocessor socket.
installation or removal can damage the contacts.
edges only. Contaminants on the microprocessor contacts, such as oil from your
skin, can cause connection failures between the contacts and the socket.
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