2.3.2 Installing the CPU

Follow these steps to install a CPU.

1. Locate the

478-pin ZIF socket on the motherboard.

2.Unlock the socket by pressing the lever sideways, then lift it up to a 90°-100° angle.

Socket Lever

Make sure that the socket lever is lifted up to 90°-100° angle, otherwise the CPU does not fit in completely.

90 - 100

3. Position the CPU above the

Gold Mark

socket such that its marked

 

corner matches the base of the

 

socket lever.

 

4.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!

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