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Installing a heat sink

Use this information to install a heat sink retention module.

Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.

If you are replacing a server component in the server, you need to turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.

To install a heat sink retention module, complete the following steps.
  1. Carefully turn the server on its side so that it is lying flat, with the cover facing up.
    Attention
    Do not allow the server to fall over.
  2. Unlock and remove the left-side cover (see Removing the left-side cover).
  3. Remove the air baffle (see Removing the air baffle).
  4. Position the heat sink over the microprocessor. The heat sink is keyed to assist with proper alignment.
  5. Align the heat sink to the retainer bracket tabs and place the heat sink on top of the microprocessor, thermal material side down.
    Figure 1. Install the heat sink
    Install the heat sink
    Attention
    Make sure that you install each heat sink with its paired microprocessor.
  6. Press firmly on the heat sink.
  7. Rotate the heat sink release lever to the closed position and hook it underneath the lock tab
    Figure 2. Rotate the heat sink release lever to the closed position
    Rotate the heat sink release lever to the closed position
  8. Install the air baffle (see Replacing the air baffle).
  9. Install and lock the left-side cover (see Installing the left-side cover).

If you have replaced a server component or installed an optional device in the server, you need to reconnect the power cords and all external cables, and turn on the server and peripheral devices.