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X7DAL-E+ User's Manual
3. Use your thumb and index fi nger to hold
the CPU at the North Center Edge and the
South 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 semi-circle
cutout below a gold dot against the socket
key, the notch on the same side of the tri-
angle cutout on the socket.
6. Once aligned, carefully lower the CPU
straight down to the socket. (**Do not drop
the CPU on the socket. 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 done 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. Then,
close the load plate.
8. Use your thumb to gently push the load
lever down to lock it.
9. If the CPU is properly installed into the
socket, the plastic cap will be automatically
released from the load plate when the clip is
pushed in the clip lock. Remove the plastic
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 damage to the socket pins.)
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Socket Key
(Socket Notch)
Load Lever
CPU in the CPU socket
CPU Key
(semi-circle
cutout) below
the circle.
CPU Pin1
Corner with a
triangle cutout
gold dot
South Center
Edge
North Center
Edge
Load Plate
(w/PnP Cap
attached)
Plastic cap is
released from
the load plate
if CPU properly
installed.