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Microprocessor orientation indicator
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Microprocessor
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Microprocessor orientation indicator
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Microprocessor connector
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Microprocessor release lever
6. Install a heat sink. If this is an original version of the SAN Volume Controller 2145-8G4 node, you
will install the other heat sink in step 7 on page 297.
a. Apply thermal grease to the top of the microprocessor. Apply nine dots of thermal grease in three
rows of three dots each with the outer rows approximately 5 mm from the edge of the
microprocessor. The diameter of the cap from the thermal grease syringe is 5 mm, so you can use
it to judge the required position of the dots of thermal grease, as shown in Figure 297 on page
297.
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Figure 296. Installing the microprocessor
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