Supermicro SUPERO PDSBA+ User Manual page 21

3. Use your thumb and your index
fi nger to hold the CPU at the North
Center Edge and the South Center
Edge of the CPU.
4. Align CPU Pin1 (the CPU corner
marked with a triangle) against the
socket corner that is marked with a
triangle cutout.
5. Align the CPU key that is the
semi-circle cutout below a golden dot
against the socket key, the Notch on
the same side of the triangle cutout
on the socket.
6. Once aligned, carefully lower the
CPU straight down to the socket.
(**Do not drop the CPU on the
socket. Do not move the CPU hori-
zontally or vertically. Do not rub the
CPU against the surface or against
any pins of the socket to avoid dam-
age to the CPU or the socket.)
7. With the CPU inside the socket,
inspect the four corners of the CPU
to make sure that the CPU is prop-
erly installed.
8. Use your thumb to gently push the
load lever down to the lever lock.
9. If the CPU is properly installed
into the socket, the plastic PnP cap
will be automatically released 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
!
plastic 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.)
North Center Edge
South Center Edge
Socket Key
(Socket Notch)
CPU Key (semi-
circle cutout)
below the circle.
Corner with a
triangle cutout
CPU Pin1
Load Lever
CPU in the CPU socket
Plastic cap
is released
from the
load plate
if CPU
properly
installed.
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Chapter 2: Installation
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