User`s manual

Chapter 2: Installation
2-3
South Key
North Key
South Center Edge
North Center Edge
Socket Lever
CPU in the CPU socket
Plastic cap is released from the load
plate if CPU properly installed.
Locate Pin 1 on the CPU socket. (Note: 1.
Pin 1 is the corner marked with a tri-
angle). Please note that the North Key
and the South Key are located vertically
in the CPU housing.
Position the motherboard in such a way 2.
that Pin 1 of the CPU socket is located at
the left bottom of the CPU housing.
Useyourthumbandyourindexngerto3.
hold the CPU at the North Center Edge
and the South Center Edge of the CPU.
Align Pin 1 of the CPU with Pin 1 of the 4.
socket. Once aligned, carefully lower the
CPU straight down to the socket. (Do
not drop the CPU on the socket. Do not
move the CPU horizontally or vertically.
Do not rub the CPU against the surface
or against any pins of the socket to avoid
damage to the CPU or the socket.)
With the CPU inside the socket, inspect 5.
the four corners of the CPU to make sure
that the CPU is properly installed.
Use your thumb to gently push the lever 6.
down and lock it in the hook
If the CPU is properly installed into the 7.
socket, the plastic cap will be automati-
cally released from the load plate when
the lever is pushed into the hook. Remove
the plastic cap from the motherboard.
Warning: Please keep the plastic
cap. The motherboard and the CPU must be
shipped with the plastic cap properly installed
to protect the CPU pins. Shipment without the
CPU plastic cap properly installed will void the
warranty.
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Loading the CPU into the Socket
Pin 1