Installation and Service Manual

2. Using your thumb, lift up the thermal interface material (TIM) break lever to release the processor from the TIM and
retaining clip.
3. Holding the processor by the edges, lift the processor away from the retaining clip.
NOTE: Ensure to hold the retaining clip to the heat sink as you lift the TIM break lever.
Figure 142. Lift up the TIM break lever
NOTE: Ensure to return the TIM break lever back to original position.
4. Using your thumb and index finger, first hold the retaining clip release tab at the pin 1 connector, pull out the tip of the
retaining clip release tab, and then lift the retaining clip partially from the heat sink.
5. Repeat the procedure at the remaining three corners of the retaining clip.
6. After all the corners are released from the heat sink, lift the retaining clip from the pin 1 corner of the heat sink.
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