ASRock X79 Extreme3 - Manual (Page 13)

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ASRock X79 Extreme3 Motherboard
English
Step 1. Open the socket:
Step 1-1. Disengage the left lever by pressing it
down and sliding it out of the hook.
Step 1-2. Disengage the right lever by pressing
it down and sliding it out of the hook.
Step 1-3. Keep the right lever positioned at
about 90 degrees in order to flip up
the load plate.
Step 2. Insert the 2011-Pin CPU:
Step 2-1. Hold the CPU by the edge with the
triangle mark(Pin 1) on your upper
right corner.
Step 2-2. Locate Pin1 and the two orientation
key notches.
Pin1
alignment key
alignment key
Pin1
2011-Pin CPU 2011-Pin Socket
orientation key notch
orientation key notch