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use a lever to engage or release the grip on the chip, and with the lever released, the chip can be
easily inserted or removed. The ZIF sockets were given a designation that was usually imprinted or
embossed on the socket indicating what type it was. Different socket types accepted different families
of processors. If you know the type of socket or slot on your motherboard, you essentially know
which types of processors are designed to plug in.
See the
Chapter 3
section, “
Processor Socket and Slot Types
,
”
p.
75
.
Table 4.6
shows the designations for the various industry-standard processor sockets/slots and lists
the chips designed to plug into them.
Table 4.6. CPU Socket Specifications
