SUPER MICRO Computer AS 1020C-3 user manual Installing the Processor, Is not recommended

Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup

Installing the Processor

1.Lift the lever on CPU socket #1 until it points straight up.

2.Use your thumb and your index fi n- ger to hold the CPU. Locate pin 1 on

the CPU socket and pin 1 on the CPU. Triangles Both are marked with a triangle.

3.Align pin 1 of the CPU with pin 1 of the socket. Once aligned, carefully place the CPU into the socket. Do not drop the CPU on the socket, move the CPU horizontally or vertically or rub the CPU against the socket or against any pins of the socket, which may damage the CPU and/or the socket.

4.With the CPU inserted into the socket, inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that it is properly installed and fl ush with the socket.

5.Gently press the CPU socket lever down until it locks in the plastic tab. For a dual-processor system, repeat these steps to install another CPU into the CPU#2 socket.

Note: using a single processor only

is not recommended.

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