Supermicro X7DWE User Manual page 25

4. Align CPU Pin1 (the CPU corner
marked with a triangle) against the
socket corner marked with a triangle
cutout.
5. Align the CPU key, the semi-circle
cutout below a gold dot, against the
socket key, which is the notch on
the same side of the triangle cutout
on the socket.
6. Once aligned, carefully lower the
CPU straight down into the socket.
(Do not drop the CPU on the
socket. Do not move the CPU hori-
zontally or vertically. Do not rub the
CPU against the surface or against
any pins of the socket to avoid dam-
aging 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.
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 plas-
!
tic cap. The motherboard must
be shipped with the plastic cap
properly installed to protect the
CPU socket pins. Shipment
without the plastic cap properly
installed will cause damage to
the socket pins.
Socket Key
(Socket Notch)
CPU Key (semi-
circle cutout)
below the circle.
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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gold dot
Pin 1 w/a Tri-
angle Corner