Installing a CPU

CAUTION. Incorrect installation of the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and severely damage the CPU!

 

 

 

 

PnP Cap

Retention tab

A

 

 

 

 

Load lever

 

 

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This side of the cam

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box should face you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press the load lever with your thumb (A) and move it to the left (B) until it is released from the retention tab.

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BLoad plate

A

Alignment key

Gold triangle mark

Lift the load lever in the direction of the arrow to a 135º angle.Lift the load plate with your thumb and forefinger to a 100º angle (A), then push the PnP cap from the load plate window to remove (B).

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 fit into the CPU notch.

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B

A

Close the load plate (A), then push the load lever (B) until it snaps into the retention tab.

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