Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup
Installing the Power Pods
The CPU power pod is a VRM mechanism specially designed for Itanium2 pro- cessors.
1.Locate the slot on the CPU power pod and align it with the Itanium2 CPU installed on the serverboard.
2.Carefully push the edge connector of the power pod toward the CPU until the signal pins on both edges of the CPU are fully seated in the edge connector and you hear a click.
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Warning: If the signal | CPU power pod | |
Power pod slot | ||
pins of the CPU are not | ||
fully seated in the edge |
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connector of the power |
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pod, the CPU will not |
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function correctly!! |
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Edge connector
Itanium2 CPU | Signal pins |
