Datasheet

Chapter 2: Installation
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Socket Key
(Socket Notch)
South Center Edge
North Center Edge
Socket clip
CPU in the CPU socket
Plastic cap
is released
from the
load plate
if the CPU
is properly
installed.
3. Use your thumb and your 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 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.
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
socket clip down to the clip lock.
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 into the
clip lock. Remove the plastic cap from
the motherboard.
(*Warning: Please keep the
plastic cap. The motherboard and the
CPU must be shipped with the plastic
cap properly installed to protect the
CPU pins. Shipment without the CPU
plastic cap properly installed will void
the warranty.)
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CPU Key (semi-
circle cutout) be-
low the circle.
CPU Pin1
Corner with a
triangle cutout
gold dot