Gateway 980 manual Installing Components, Remove the heat sink

Press the processor locking lever down until it clicks into place. Apply thermal grease to the top of the processor, if necessary.

Chapter 4: Installing Components

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.

6 Press down on the processor locking lever, push it slightly away from the processor, then rotate the lever a full 135° to release the processor.

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Remove the old processor.

Install the new processor into the processor socket. Make sure that:

■The processor release lever is open all the way (135° from the closed position)

■The triangular arrow on the corner of the processor aligns with the triangular hole on the corner of the processor socket

■The processor is flush with the socket.

Important

If you install two processors onto the system board, the processors can be different speeds. Both processors will run at the lower of the two speeds.

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11 Place the heat sink on the processor, then press the heat sink locking levers down until they click into place.

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