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1.6.2 Installing the CPU Follow these steps to install a CPU. 1. Locate the 754-pin ZIF socket on the motherboard. 2. Unlock the socket by pressing the lever sideways, then lift it up to a 90°-100° angle. Socket Lever Make sure that the socket lever is lifted up to 90°-100° angle, otherwise the CPU does not fit in completely. 3. Position the CPU above the socket such that the CPU corner with the gold triangle matches the socket corner with a small triangle. 4. Carefully insert the CPU into the socket until it fits in place. Small triangle Gold triangle The CPU fits only in one correct orientation. DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the CPU! 5. When the CPU is in place, push down the socket lever to secure the CPU. The lever clicks on the side tab to indicate that it is locked. 6. Install specifically designed heatsink and fan assembly. ASUS K8V-X motherboard 1-9

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ASUS K8V-X motherboard
1-9
1.6.2
Installing the CPU
Follow these steps to install a CPU.
1.
Locate the 754-pin ZIF socket on the motherboard.
3.
Position the CPU above the socket
such that the CPU corner with the
gold triangle matches the
socket
corner with a small triangle.
4.
Carefully insert the CPU into the
socket until it fits in place.
2.
Unlock the socket by pressing the
lever sideways, then lift it up to a
90°-100° angle.
Make sure that the socket
lever is lifted up to 90°-100° angle, otherwise the
CPU does not fit in completely.
The CPU fits only in one correct orientation. DO NOT force the CPU into the
socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the CPU!
Socket Lever
Gold triangle
Small triangle
5.
When the CPU is in place, push
down the socket lever to secure the
CPU. The lever clicks on the side tab
to indicate that it is locked.
6.
Install specifically designed heatsink
and fan assembly.