Gigabyte GA-K8VNXP User Manual - Page 16
Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit CPU - socket
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English Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Before installing the processor and cooling fan, adhere to the following warning: 1. The processor will overheat without the heatsink and/or fan, resulting in permanent irreparable damage. 2. Never force the processor into the socket. 3. Apply thermal grease between the processor and cooling fan. 4. Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard. 5. If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation. Please use AMD approved cooling fan. The installation of the processor and cooling fan is performed in four main steps: Step 1-1. Processor insertion Step 1-2. Applying thermal grease Step 1-3. Cooling fan attachment Step 1-4. Connecting processor fan power Step1-1. First, check the processor pins to see that none are bent. Move the socket lever to the unlocked position as shown in Figure 1 & Figure 2.(90o to the plane of the motherboard) prior to inserting the processor. The A1 pin location is designated on the processor by a copper triangle that matches up to a triangle on the socket as shown in Figure 3. Align the processor to the socket and gently lower it into place. Do not force the processor into the socket. Angling the rod to 650 Figure 1. Angling the rod to 65-degree maybe feel a kind of tight , and then continue pull the rod to 90degree when a noise "cough" made. Socket Actuation Lever Figure 2. Pull the rod to the 90-degree directly. GA-K8VNXP Motherboard Figure 3. A1 pin location on the Socket and Processor.Move the socket lever to the locked position while holding pressure on the center of the processor. - 16 -