So,
I got a pretty good deal on a couple of Xeon E5-2650v2's on eBay.
I guess I didn't study the listing closely enough, but they came with some sort of blue plastic bracket attached (glued?) to them.
A little googling suggests this is called a HP Smart Socket.
Anyone know if they are difficult to remove from the CPU's?
I suspect I might just be able to heat them up with a hair dryer or something, and then carefully pry them off, but I don't want to break anything.
Does anyone have any experience with these things, specifically removing them?
Much obliged.
I got a pretty good deal on a couple of Xeon E5-2650v2's on eBay.
I guess I didn't study the listing closely enough, but they came with some sort of blue plastic bracket attached (glued?) to them.
A little googling suggests this is called a HP Smart Socket.
Anyone know if they are difficult to remove from the CPU's?
I suspect I might just be able to heat them up with a hair dryer or something, and then carefully pry them off, but I don't want to break anything.
Does anyone have any experience with these things, specifically removing them?
Much obliged.