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Installing the CPU
Before you proceed make sure that there is no CPU installed in the CPU
socket. Follow the steps below to install a CPU:
1
Locate the CPU socket on your mainboard.
2
Raise the socket lever up to a 90° angle.
3
Remove the processor from its protective packaging.
4
Insert the new CPU into the CPU socket (1 and 2). Make sure that
pin 1 (indicated by a notched corner) of the CPU connects to hole 1
of the socket.
Press down the socket lever to lock the new CPU into the socket
(3).
5
Attach one side of the heatsink metal bracket to the CPU socket
(5) and then gently press down the other side of the metal bracket
(6) until it locks into place (7).
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