Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 Installation and Service Manual
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Installing and removing enclosure components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 sled
- PERC battery
- Air shroud
- System memory
- Support bracket
- Linking board and PCIe cable
- Processor and heat sink module
- Removing a processor and heat sink module
- Installing a processor and heat sink module
- Removing the fabric processor from the processor heat sink module
- Installing the fabric processor into the processor heat sink module
- Removing the non-fabric processor from the processor and heat sink module
- Installing the non-fabric processor into a processor and heat sink module
- Removing the fabric and sideband cables
- Installing the fabric and sideband cables
- Expansion cards
- PCIe slot priority
- Removing the expansion card riser assembly
- Installing the expansion card riser assembly
- Removing an expansion card
- Installing an expansion card
- Removing the riser card
- Installing the riser card
- Removing the M.2 SATA x16 riser
- Installing the M.2 SATA x16 riser
- Removing the M.2 SATA card
- Installing the M.2 SATA card
- M.2 SSD module
- Mezzanine and OCP cards
- System battery
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- System diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Removing the fabric processor from the processor heat sink
module
Prerequisites
WARNING: The heat sink may be hot to touch for some time after the system has been powered off. Allow the
heat sink to cool before removing it.
NOTE: This procedure is only for replacing a heat sink or a processor. This procedure should not be followed while replacing
a system board.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3. Remove the air shroud.
4. Remove the fabric cable from the processor.
5. Remove the processor and heat sink module.
Steps
1. Place the heat sink with the processor contact side facing up.
2. Insert the flat blade screwdriver into the release slot and twist (do not pry) the screwdriver to break the seal created by the
thermal paste.
3. Push the retaining clips on the processor bracket to unlock the bracket from the heat sink.
4. Lift the bracket and the processor away from the heat sink, and place the processor side down on the processor tray.
5. Flex the outer edges of the bracket close to the fabric connector to release the bracket from the processor.
Figure 31. Loosening the processor bracket
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