Users Manual
2-10 Chapter 2: Hardware information
3. Lift the load lever in the direction of
the arrow to a 135º angle.
4. Lift the load plate with your thumb
and forenger to a 100º angle (A),
then push the PnP cap from the
load plate window to remove (B).
5. Position the CPU over
the socket, making
sure that the gold
triangle is on the
bottom-right corner
of the socket. The
socket alignment keys
should t into the
CPU notches.
Load plate
A
B
2. Press the load lever with your thumb (A), then move it to the left (B) until it is
released from the retention tab.
Retention tab
Load lever
This side of the socket
box should face you.
PnP cap
A
B
To prevent damage to the socket pins, do not remove the PnP cap unless you
are installing a CPU.
Gold triangle mark
Alignment keys