Asus TW100-E5 iQuadro - Manual (Page 23)

2-5 ASUS TW100-E5
2.3.1 Installing the CPU
To install a CPU:
1. Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.
2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
The motherboard comes with a surface mount LGA775 socket designed for the
Intel ® Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium ® dual-core /
Celeron ® dual-core / Celeron ® processors.
Before installing the CPU, make sure that the socket box is facing towards you
and the load lever is on your left.
To prevent damage to the socket
pins, do not remove the PnP cap
unless you are installing a CPU.
2. Press the load lever with your
thumb (A), then move it to the left
(B) until it is released from the
retention tab.
A
B
Load lever
Retention tab
3. Lift the load lever in the direction of
the arrow to a 135º angle.
4. Lift the load plate with your thumb
and forefinger to a 100º angle (4A),
then push the PnP cap from the
load plate window to remove (4B).
Load plate
PnP cap
4A
4B
3