Supermicro X7DCL-3 User Manual page 23

Loading the Processor into the Socket
1. Use your thumb and your index
fi nger to hold the CPU at the North
Center Edge and the South Center
Edge of the CPU.
2. Align CPU Pin1 (the CPU corner
marked with a triangle) against the
socket corner that is marked with a
triangle cutout.
3. Align the CPU key that is the semi-
circle cutout below a gold dot against
the socket key, the notch on the
same side of the triangle cutout on
the socket.
4. Once aligned, carefully lower the
CPU straight down to the socket.
(Do not drop the CPU on the socket.
Do not move the CPU horizontally
or vertically. Do not rub the CPU
against the surface or against any
pins of the socket to avoid damage
to the CPU or the socket.)
5. With the CPU installed in the socket,
inspect the four corners of the
CPU to make sure that the CPU is
properly installed. Then, close the
load plate.
6. Use your thumb to gently push the
load lever down to lock it.
7. If the CPU is properly installed into
the socket, the plastic cap will be
automatically released from the load
plate when the clip is pushed in the
clip lock. Remove the plastic cap
from the motherboard.
Warning: Please save the plastic
!
PnP cap. The motherboard must be
shipped with the PnP cap properly in-
stalled to protect socket pins. Shipment
without the PnP cap properly installed will
cause damage to the socket pins.
North Center Edge
South Center Edge
Socket Key
(Socket Notch)
CPU Key (semi-
circle cutout)
below the circle.
Corner with a
triangle cutout
Load Lever
CPU in the CPU socket
Plastic cap
is released
f r o m t h e
load plate
if the CPU
properly in-
stalled.
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gold dot
CPU Pin1