Supermicro Supero C2SBX User Manual page 23

3. Use your thumb and index finger 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 golden 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 against any
pins of the socket to avoid damage
to the CPU or the socket.)
7. With the CPU inside the socket, in-
spect the four corners of the CPU to
make sure that the CPU is properly
installed. Use your thumb to gently
push the load lever down to the
lever lock.
8. If the CPU is properly installed into
the socket, the plastic PnP cap will
be automatically released from the
load plate when the load lever is
pushed in the lever lock. Remove the
PnP cap from the motherboard.
• Warning : Please save the plastic
!
PnP cap. The motherboard must be
shipped with the PnP cap properly
installed to protect the CPU socket
pins. Shipment without the PnP cap
properly installed will cause damage
to the socket pins.
North Center Edge
Socket Key
(Socket Notch)
CPU Key (semi-
circle cutout)
below the circle.
Corner with a
triangle cutout
Load Lever
Plastic cap
is released
from the
load plate
if CPU
properly
installed.
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Chapter 2: Installation
South Center Edge
golden dot
CPU Pin1
CPU in the CPU socket