Asus P5NT - WS AiLifestyle Series Motherboard Installation Manual page 25

2. Press the load lever with your thumb (A), then move it to the left (B)
until it is released from the retention tab.
Retention tab
Load lever
To prevent damage to the socket pins, do not remove the PnP cap
unless you are installing a CPU.
3. Lift the load lever in the direction
of the arrow to a 135º angle.
4. Lift the load plate with your
thumb and forefinger to a 100º
angle (A), then push the PnP cap
from the load plate window to
remove (B).
5. Position the CPU over
the socket, making sure
that the gold triangle
is on the bottom-left
corner of the socket.
The socket alignment
key should fit into the
CPU notch.
ASUS P5NSLI Series
A
B
Load plate
Alignment key
CPU notch
Gold triangle mark
PnP cap
This side of the socket
box should face you.
B
A
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