Step 1. Open the socket:

Step 1-1. Disengaging the lever by depressing down and out on the hook to clear retention tab.

Step 1-2. Rotate the load lever to fully open position at approximately 135 degrees.

Step 1-3. Rotate the load plate to fully open position at approximately 100 degrees.

Step 2. Remove PnP Cap (Pick and Place Cap).

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1.It is recommended to use the cap tab to handle and avoid kicking off the PnP cap.

2.This cap must be placed if returning the motherboard for after service.

Step 3. Insert the 1155-Pin CPU:

 

 

Step 3-1.

Hold the CPU by the edges where

 

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are marked with black lines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 3-2.

Orient the CPU with IHS (Integrated

 

 

 

 

 

Heat Sink) up. Locate Pin1 and the

 

 

 

 

 

two orientation key notches.

 

 

 

orientation key notch

alignment key

Pin1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pin1

 

 

alignment key

 

 

1155-Pin Socket

orientation key notch

1155-Pin CPU

 

For proper inserting, please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket.

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