Chapter 2: Installation
3. Use your thumb and your index fin- |
ger to hold the CPU at the top center |
edge and the bottom center edge of |
the CPU. |
4. Align CPU Pin1 (the CPU corner |
marked with a triangle) against the |
socket corner that is marked with a |
triangle cutout. |
5. Align the CPU key that is the |
against the socket key, the Notch on |
the same side of the triangle cutout |
on the socket. |
6. Once aligned, carefully lower the |
CPU straight down to the socket. |
(Do not drop the CPU on the socket. |
Top Center Edge
Bottom Center Edge
golden dot
Socket Key
(Socket Notch)
CPU Key (semi- circle cutout) below the circle.
Do not move the CPU horizontally or |
vertically. Do not rub the CPU against |
the surface or against any pins of the |
socket to avoid damage to the CPU |
or the socket.) |
7. With the CPU inside the socket, |
inspect the four corners of the CPU |
to make sure that the CPU is properly |
installed. |
8. Use your thumb to gently push the |
load lever down to the lever lock. |
9. If the CPU is properly installed into |
the socket, the plastic PnP cap will be |
automatically released from the load |
plate when the load lever is pushed |
in the lever lock. Remove the PnP cap |
from the motherboard. |
Warning: Please save the plastic PnP cap. The motherboard must be shipped with the PnP cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket pins. Shipment without the PnP cap properly installed will cause dam- age to the socket pins.
Corner with a triangle cutout
Load Lever
Plastic cap is released from the load plate if CPU properly installed.
CPU Pin1
CPU in the CPU socket
