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c. Remove the protective cover that protects the gold contacts on the bottom of the new
microprocessor. Do not touch the pins on the microprocessor socket or the gold contacts on the
bottom of the new microprocessor.
Figure 198. Do not touch the pins
d. Note the orientation of the new microprocessor. Hold the new microprocessor by its edges and then
insert one end of the microprocessor into the retainer
as shown 2 and lower the new microprocessor straight down into the microprocessor socket
Note: The small triangle on one corner of the new microprocessor is the microprocessor orientation
indicator. The new microprocessor is in the correct orientation when this indicator faces the triangle
in the microprocessor retainer.
Figure 199. Installing the microprocessor into the microprocessor retainer
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1 . Then, pivot the opposite side of the retainer
3 .