Supermicro X7DWA-N User Manual page 24

X7DWA-N User's Manual
Loading the CPU into the Socket
1. Align CPU Pin1 (the CPU corner
marked with a triangle) against
the socket corner that is marked
with a triangle cutout.
2. Align the CPU key that is the
semi-circle cutout below a gold
dot against the socket key, the
notch on the same side of the
triangle cutout on the socket.
3. Once aligned, carefully lower the
CPU straight down to the socket.
(Do not drop the CPU on the
socket. Do not move the CPU
horizontally or vertically. Do not
rub the CPU against the surface
or any pins of the socket.)
4. With the CPU inside the socket,
inspect the four corners of the
CPU and make sure it is properly
installed.
5. Use your thumb to gently push
the load lever down to the lever
lock.
6. If the CPU is properly installed
into the socket, the plastic PnP
cap will be automatically re-
leased from the load plate when
the load lever is pushed in the
lever lock. Remove the PnP cap
from the motherboard.
Warning: Please save the plas-
!
tic PnP cap. The motherboard
must be shipped with the PnP
cap properly installed to protect
the CPU socket pins. Shipment
without the PnP cap properly
installed will cause damage to
the socket pins.
Socket Key
(Socket Notch)
CPU Key (semi-
circle cutout)
below the circle.
Corner with a
triangle cutout
CPU in the CPU socket
Load Lever
Plastic cap is
released from
the load plate
if CPU prop-
erly installed.
2-4
gold dot
CPU Pin1