Asus Pedestal/5U Rackmount Server TS500-E4 Server, User Manual

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Chapter 2: Hardware setup 2-6
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 un-
less you are installing a CPU.
3. Lift the load lever in the direction
of the arrow to a 135º angle.
4. Lift the load plate with your thumb
and forefinger 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-left corner of
the socket. The socket
alignment key should fit
into the CPU notch.
Alignment key
Gold triangle mark
Load plate
A
B