Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
Create the Processor Carrier Assembly
Process Carrier Assembly
1. Hold the processor with the gold pins (LGA lands) facing down. Locate the gold triangle
at the corner of the processor and the corresponding hollowed triangle on the processor
carrier as shown below. These triangles indicate the location of pin 1.
Pin 1
Pin 1
SP XCC
SP MCC
Pin 1
Pin 1
Carrier E1B
Carrier E1A
The Processor with its Matching Carrier
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