Chapter 4: Installing Components
4 If your server has a passive heat sink, press down on the heat sink locking lever on each side, push them slightly away from the heat sink, then lift the levers out of the way.
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If your server has a heat sink with a fan, press down on the heat sink locking lever on each side, push them slightly away from the heat sink, then lift the levers out of the way. Unplug the heat sink’s fan from its connector on the system board.
5 Remove the heat sink.
Important
The heat sink mounting paste may harden over time and hold the heat sink securely to the processor. If removing the heat sink also pulls the processor out of the processor socket, the processor should still be undamaged. Rotate the processor locking lever out of the way and continue with the procedure in Step 8.
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