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Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
Preparing the CPU Socket for Installation
This motherboard comes with a plastic protective cover installed on the CPU socket. Remove
it from the socket to install the Processor Heatsink Module (PHM). Gently pull up one corner
of the plastic protective cover to remove it.
CPU Socket with Plastic Protective Cover
Remove the plastic protective
cover from the CPU socket.
Do not touch or bend the socket
pins.
Socket Pins