Acer Altos R300 Acer Altos R300 User's Guide - Page 62

Installing the CPU, socket. Follow the steps below to install a CPU

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48 3 Upgrading your system 4 Loosen the two screws that hold the heatsink to the heatsink base (1) then flip the clips outward (2). Remove the heatsink (3). Gently press the socket lever down and slightly outward (4) then pull it up to a 90° angle (5). Carefully remove the CPU (6). Installing the CPU Before you proceed make sure that there is no CPU installed in the CPU socket. Follow the steps below to install a CPU: 1 Locate the CPU socket on the mainboard. 2 Raise the socket lever up to a 90° angle.

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3 Upgrading your system
48
4
Loosen the two screws that hold the heatsink to the heatsink base
(1) then flip the clips outward (2). Remove the heatsink (3).
Gently press the socket lever down and slightly outward (4) then
pull it up to a 90° angle (5).
Carefully remove the CPU (6).
Installing the CPU
Before you proceed make sure that there is no CPU installed in the CPU
socket. Follow the steps below to install a CPU:
1
Locate the CPU socket on the mainboard.
2
Raise the socket lever up to a 90° angle.