MSI 975X PLATINUM User Guide - Page 21

Use your thumb and the middle fin

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Hardware Setup 5. The CPU has a plastic cap on it to protect the contact from damage. Before you have installed the CPU, always cover it to protect the socket pin. 6. Remove the cap from lever hinge side (as the arrow shows). The pins of socket reveal. 7. Lift the load lever up and open the load plate. 8. Correctly align the triangle of CPU Clip with the CPU chamfer, and the square on the CPU Clip to the hook of the socket. 9. Use your thumb and the middle fingers to push the clips to release the CPU, then press down the CPU with your index finger to allow the whole module to be installed onto the CPU socket. 10. The CPU is installed well on the CPU socket. 2-5

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2-5
Hardware Setup
5. The CPU has a plastic cap on it to
protect the contact from damage.
Before you have installed the CPU,
always cover it to protect the socket
pin.
6. Remove the cap from lever hinge side
(as the arrow shows). The pins of
socket reveal.
7. Lift the load lever up and open the
load plate.
8.
Correctly align the triangle of CPU Clip
with the CPU chamfer, and the square
on the CPU Clip to the hook of the
socket.
9.
Use your thumb and the middle fin-
gers to push the clips to release the
CPU, then press down the CPU with
your index finger to allow the whole
module to be installed onto the CPU
socket.
10. The CPU is installed well on the CPU
socket.