Installing The System Board - IBM System x3650 M3 4255 Service Manual

14. Slide the system board forward and tilt it away from the power supplies. Using
15. If you are instructed to return the system board, follow all packaging
16. Remove the socket covers from the microprocessor sockets on the new

Installing the system board

Notes:
1. When you reassemble the components in the server, be sure to route all cables
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release latches
the two lift handles on the system board, pull the system board out of the
server.
Attention: When you pull the system board out of the server, be careful not
to damage any surrounding components and not to bend the pin inside the
microprocessor socket.
instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to
you.
system board and place them on the microprocessor sockets of the system
board you are removing.
Attention: Make sure to place the socket covers for the microprocessor
sockets on the system board before you return the old system board.
carefully so that they are not exposed to excessive pressure (see "Internal cable
routing and connectors" on page 172).