Installing A Cpu - Asus P3 Series Installation Manual

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Installing a CPU

Installing an Intel

Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.

Press the load lever with your

thumb (A), and then move it to the

left (B) until it is released from the

retention tab.

CAUTION: To prevent damage to the

socket pins, do not remove the PnP

cap unless you are installing a CPU.

Lift the load lever in the direction of the arrow to

a 135º angle.

Lift the load plate with your thumb and

forefinger to a 100º angle (4A), then push the

PnP cap from the load plate window to remove

(4B).

Position the CPU over the socket, making

sure that the gold triangle is on the bottom-left

corner of the socket. Fit the socket alignment

key into the CPU notch.

Close the load plate (6A), and then push the

load lever (6B) until it snaps into the retention

tab.

CPU in the LGA775 package

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Retention tab

Load lever

Alignment key

PnP cap

Load plate

Gold

triangle

mark

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