Cpu; Installing The Cpu - DFI 748-AL User Manual

2.3 CPU

2.3.1 Overview
The system board is equipped with a surface mount Socket A
CPU socket. This socket is exclusively designed for installing an
AMD CPU.

2.3.2 Installing the CPU

1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected
to it has been powered down.
2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.
3. Locate Socket A on the system board.
4. Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways, away from the
socket, then lifting it up to a 90
lifted to at least this angle otherwise the CPU will not fit in
properly.
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Lever
Hardware Installation
angle. Make sure the socket is
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