Supermicro X7DWT User Manual page 21

3. 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.
4. Align CPU Pin1 (the CPU corner
marked with a triangle) against the
socket corner that is marked with a
triangle cutout.
5. 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.
6. 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 any pins of the socket
to avoid damage to the CPU or the
socket.)
7. With the CPU inside the socket,
inspect the four corners of the CPU
to make sure that the CPU is properly
installed.
8. Use your thumb to gently push the
socket clip down to the clip lock.
9. 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 cap. The motherboard must be
shipped with the plastic cap properly
installed to protect the CPU. Ship-
ment without the plastic 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
Socket clip
CPU in the CPU socket
Plastic cap
is released
from the
load plate
if the CPU
is properly
installed.
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Chapter 2: Installation
gold dot
CPU Pin1