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Chapter 3: Installation
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Warning: Be sure to save the plastic cap. The motherboard must be
shipped with the plastic cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket
pins. Shipment without the plastic cap properly installed will cause dam-
age to the socket pins.
After removing the plastic cap, using your thumb and the index fi nger, hold 4.
the CPU at the north and south center edges.
Align the CPU key, the semi-circle cutout, against the socket key which is the 5.
notch below the gold color dot on the side of the socket.
Once both CPU and the socket are aligned, carefully lower the CPU straight 6.
down into the socket. (To avoid damaging the CPU or the socket, do not rub
the CPU against the surface of the socket or its pins.)
With the CPU inside the socket, inspect the four corners of the CPU to make 7.
sure that the CPU is properly installed.
Once the CPU is securely seated on the socket, lower the CPU load plate to 8.
the socket.
Use your thumb to gently push the socket clip down to the clip lock.9.