Step 1: Install The Central Processing Unit (Cpu); Step 1-1: Cpu Installation - Gigabyte GA-8PE800 User Manual

Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Before installing the processor, adhere to the following warning:
If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will
cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation.
Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard.

Step 1-1: CPU Installation

1. Angling the rod to 65-degree maybe feel a
kind of tight, and then continue pull the rod
to 90-degree when a noise " cough" made.
Pin1 indicator
3. CPU Top View
Angling the
rod to 65
0
- 11 -
Socket
Actuation
Lever
2. Pull the rod to the 90-degree
directly.
Pin1 indicator
4. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look
for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU
upper corner. Then insert the CPU
into the socket.
Hardware Installation Process