2.3.1 Installing a CPU

Follow these steps to install a CPU.

1.Locate the 478-pin CPU socket on the motherboard. Unlock the socket by pressing the lever sideways, then lift it up to a 90°- 100° angle.

Make sure that the socket

 

lever is pushed back all the

 

way, otherwise the CPU

 

does not fit in completely.

CPU socket

2.Position the CPU above the socket as shown.

3.Carefully insert the CPU into the socket until it fits in place.

The CPU fits only in one correct orientation. DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the CPU!

4.Carefully push down the socket lever to secure the CPU. The lever clicks on the side tab to indicate that it is locked.

5.Apply the thermal interface material (thermal grease) to the top of the CPU. This thermal grease should come with the CPU package.

Marked corner

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