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Chapter 2
HARDWARE INSTALLATION
User's Manual |
CS181
6. Remove the protective cap from
the CPU socket. The cap is
used to protect the CPU socket
against dust and harmful par-
ticles. Remove the protective
cap only when you are about to
install the CPU.
5. Lift the load lever and the load
plate all the way up as shown in
the photo.
Load lever
Load
plate
Protective cap
7-1.Insert the CPU into the
socket. The gold tri-
angular mark on the
CPU must align with
the chamfer corner of
the CPU socket shown
in the photo.
Golden triangular
mark
X
CPU
X
Installing the CPU
Important:
The CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be seated without ex-
erting any force.
7-2. Two keys on the sock-
et and notches on the
CPU also facilitate
alignment.
7-3.The CPU’s notch will
fit into the socket’s
alignment key when it’s
seated in the correct
orientation.
Alignment key
Alignment key
X
CPU
X
Installing the CPU
8. Close the load plate
then push the load le-
ver down.
While closing the load
plate, make sure the
front edge of the load
plate slides under the
retention knob.
9. Press down the load
lever and hook it under
the retention tab.
Retention knob
Load lever
