HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Server Blade Maintenance and Service Guide

Removal and replacement procedures 58
Processor (B-side)
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the drives and the
internal system components to cool before touching them.
CAUTION: To prevent possible server blade malfunction and damage to the equipment,
multiprocessor configurations must contain processors with the same part number.
CAUTION: The heatsink thermal interface media is not reusable and must be replaced if the
heatsink is removed from the processor after it has been installed.
IMPORTANT: Processor socket 1 must be populated at all times or the server blade does not
function.
To remove the component:
1. Power down the server blade (on page 28).
2. Remove the server blade (on page 29).
3. Remove the access panel (B-side) ("Access panel (B-side)" on page 32).
4. Remove all hard drives ("Hard drive" on page 41).
5. Remove all hard drive blanks ("Hard drive blank" on page 41).
6. Remove the front panel/hard drive cage assembly (B-side) ("Front panel/hard drive cage assembly
(B-side)" on page 43).
7. Remove the heatsink (B-side) ("Heatsink (B-side)" on page 50).
8. Open the processor locking lever and the processor socket retaining bracket.
9. Using the processor tool, remove the processor from the system board:
a. Line up the processor tool, ensuring the locking lever graphic on the tool is oriented correctly.
b. Press in on the plastic tabs, and then place the tool on the processor.