User's Manual
Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup
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Socket key
CPU installed in socket
PnP cap released 
from load plate
3. Use your thumb and your index 
fi nger to hold the CPU at opposite 
sides. 
4. Align pin1 of the CPU (the corner 
marked with a triangle) with the 
notched corner of the CPU socket.
5. Find the corner of the CPU that 
has a semi-circle cutout below a gold 
dot (CPU key). This corner should be 
aligned with the cutout on the socket 
(socket key). 
6. Once aligned, carefully lower the 
CPU straight down into the socket.  
Do not drop the CPU on the socket, 
do not move the CPU horizontally 
or vertically and do not rub the CPU 
against any surface or any of the 
contacts, which may damage the 
CPU and/or contacts.
7. With the CPU in the socket, inspect 
the four corners of the CPU to make 
sure that it is properly installed.
8. Use your thumb to gently push the 
load lever down until it snaps into the 
retention clasp.
9. If the CPU is properly installed 
into the socket, the PnP cap will be 
automatically released from the load 
plate when the lever locks. Remove 
the cap. Repeat steps to install a 
second CPU if desired. 
Warning! Keep the plastic PnP cap. 
The serverboard must be shipped 
with the PnP cap properly installed 
to protect the CPU socket. Ship-
ment without the PnP cap properly 
installed will void the warranty.
CPU key
CPU pin 1
Notched corner
Gold dot
 Load lever










