User Guide

Chapter 2: Hardware setup
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2. Press the load lever with your thumb (A), then move it to the left (B)
until it is released from the retention tab.
PnP cap
To prevent damage to the socket pins, do not remove the PnP cap
unless you are installing a CPU.
This si de of the
socket box should
face yuo
Retention tab
Load lever
3. L i f e t h e l o a d l e v e r i n t h e
direction of the arrow.
4. Lift the load plate with you
thumb and forefinger (A), then
push the PnP cap from the load
plate window to remove (B).
5. Position the CPU over the socket,
making sure that the gold triangle
is on the bottom-left corner of
the socket. The socket alignment
key should t into the CPU notch.
load plate
Alignment key
Gold triangle mark