Replacing The System Board; Removing The System Board - Lenovo ThinkServer TS200 6522 Hardware Maintenance Manual

4. Use a clean area of the cleaning pad to wipe the thermal grease from the microprocessor; then,
dispose of the cleaning pad after all of the thermal grease is removed.
5. Use the thermal-grease syringe to place 9 uniformly spaced dots of 0.02 mL each on the top of the
microprocessor. The outermost dots must be within approximately 5 mm of the edge of the
microprocessor, this is to ensure uniform distribution of the grease.
Note: If the grease is properly applied, approximately half of the grease will remain in the syringe.
6. Install the fan sink onto the microprocessor as described in "Installing the microprocessor and fan
sink" on page 183.

Replacing the system board

Use the following procedures to replace the system board.

Removing the system board

To remove the system board, complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information that begins on page 1.
2. Turn off the server and all attached devices; then, disconnect all power cords and external cables.
3. Turn the server on its side so that it is lying flat, with the cover facing up.
4. Unlock and remove the side cover (see "Removing the side cover" on page 130).
5. Note where each cable is connected; then, disconnect all cables from the system board.
6. Press and hold the drive cage release tab; then, rotate the drive cage out of the chassis until the
retaining tab on top of the cage locks into place.
7. Remove any of the following components (in addition to others that might not be listed) that are
installed on the system board and put them in a safe, static-protective place:
v Adapters (see "Replacing an adapter" on page 152).
v SAS/SATA controller (see "Removing a ServeRAID BR10-il controller" on page 156).
v Virtual media key (see "Removing the virtual media key" on page 162).
v Microprocessor and fan sink (see "Removing the microprocessor and fan sink" on page 182).
v DIMMs (see "Removing a memory module" on page 137).
v Battery (see "Installing the battery" on page 189).
v SAS/SATA controller (see "Removing a ServeRAID BR10-il controller" on page 156).
v Hypervisor key (see "Removing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device" on page 161).
v The fan connector covers.
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