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1.1.4
Intel LGA1155 Socket (PnP cap on the load plate)
The LGA1156 CPU is incompatible with the LGA1155 socket. DO NOT install a
LGA1156 CPU on the LGA1155 socket.
1.
Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.
2.
Be sure not to remove the PnP cap
from the CPU socket before you
install the CPU.
2.
Press the load lever with your
thumb (A), and then move it to the
right (B) until it is released from the
retention tab.
5.
Position the CPU over the socket,
ensuring that the gold triangle is on
the bottom-left corner of the socket,
and then fit the socket alignment
keys into the CPU notches.
The CPU fits in only one correct
orientation. DO NOT force the
CPU into the socket to prevent
bending the connectors on the
socket and damaging the CPU!
ASUS Motherboard installation guide
3.
Load lever
A
B
Retention tab
Lift the load lever in the direction
of the arrow until the load plate is
completely lifted.
Load plate
Gold
triangle
mark
Alignment keys
CPU notches
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