Installing a second processor

That's why so many desktop heat sinks already come with the paste pre-applied and protected by plastic film. Also note that when changing CPUs, absolute cleanliness is very important as is protection from static discharge which is why i use an anti static wrist strap :.

If i am installing a used desktop CPU, i clean the CPU before inserting into the mobo, then clean the CPU again just before installing a new heat sink remembering to removing the plastic film protecting the paste on a new heat sink base. If i reuse an old heat sink, i first clean the CPU and heat sink prior to installation, then inserting the CPU and clean again just before applying thermal paste and attaching the again cleaned heat sink.

I use isopropol alcohol as the cleaning fluid along with a lint free cloth not paper or tissue. Being pedantic like this removes doubt about a good bong between CPU and heat sink. Information Update Processor Installation April Revision A00 for T , indicates at step 11 'using a lint free cloth remove the thermal grease from the heat sink" just under their note about new heat sink then continue with directions on how to apply all the thermal grease that came with your Dell CPU kit.

No mention whether a new Dell heat sink has thermal paste already applied, is protected by plastic film which must be removed, or that a used CPU must also be cleaned before applying any thermal paste! Dells view seems to be that one only ever installs newly purchased Dell CPUs and tosses their old CPUs in the rubbish rather than redeploying them to other multi socket chassis.

This seems typical of Dell, new equipment or parts or configurations are released but nobody within Dell seems to place any importance on updating their own documentation to reflect these changes or the actual customer behaviors on the ground!

Browse Community. PowerEdge Hardware General. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. The documentation doesn't indicate that the fifth cooling fan is to provide support for an additional processor. While I would certainly encourage you to install the fan, the documentation isn't showing me anything to say that it is mandatory for the configuration.

The impression I've gotten from my reading is that all 5 fans should be installed, despite processor configuration. R FAN 1 is always blank and not required. Refer below link for details. Browse Community. Rack Servers. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Looking for Something? How to grep Multiple Strings in Linux The grep command is the perfect way to find multiple text strings throughout your system.

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