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Installation manual
English
Installing a CPU
Installing an Intel
®
CPU in the LGA775 package
1. Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.
. Press the load lever with your thumb
(A), then move it to the left (B) until it is
released from the retention tab.
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 (4A), then
push the PnP cap from the load plate window to remove (4B).
5. Position the CPU over the socket, making sure that the gold triangle is on the
bottom-left corner of the socket. Fit the socket alignment key into the CPU
notch.
6. Close the load plate (6A), then push the load lever (6B) until it snaps into the
retention tab.
Installing an AMD CPU
1. Locate the CPU socket, then lift the socket lever to a 90º angle.
. Install the CPU to the socket, making sure that the CPU corner with the gold
triangle matches the socket corner with a small triangle.
3. Push down the socket lever to secure the CPU.
CAUTION:
After you reinstall a fan and heatsink assembly, do not forget to connect
the CPU fan connector! Hardware monitoring error can occur if you fail to plug this
connector.
NOTE:
To reinstall an Intel
®
/ AMD CPU fan and heatsink assembly, follow the
instructions on page 4 in reverse order.
Load plate
PnP cap
4A
3
Gold
triangle
mark
Alignment key
5
6A
6B
Load lever
Retention tab
B
A
4B
1
3
