Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Lift the load plate to the fully open position, as shown in Figure 5-23.
Remove the black plastic socket cover from the socket by grasping the cover
with your thumb and forefinger and pulling it out of the socket, as shown in
Figure 5-24. With the cover removed, the fragile socket contacts are exposed.
Do not touch the contacts or allow anything other than the processor to con-
tact them. Store the socket cover for possible future use. If you ever remove
the processor from the socket, always reinstall the socket cover immediately.
Figure 5-23.
Lift the load plate to the fully open position
Figure 5-24.
Remove the socket cover
Once again, ground yourself. (It does no harm to ground yourself frequently.
Better too often than too seldom.) Open the processor box and locate the
processor. Carefully open the hard plastic shell that contains the processor.
Ground yourself again. Remove the processor from the shell and snap off the
plastic cover on the pin side of the processor. Retain that cover for possible
future use.
Hold the processor body between your thumb and forefinger, as shown in Fig-
ure 5-25. Locate the two notches in the processor circuit board (visible on the
upper left and right edges of the processor circuit board in Figure 5-25) and
the two corresponding posts on the inner edge of the processor socket. Align
the processor over the socket, making sure the keying notches on the proces-
sor align with the posts in the socket. Bring the processor close to the socket
and lower it straight down without tilting or sliding it in the socket. The pro-
cessor should seat completely in the socket without any pressure whatsoever.
If it does not, lift it gently, realign it, and drop it gently into the socket.
Lower the load plate back into closed position, as shown in Figure 5-26.
Press down on the load plate with one hand while you use the other to close
and latch the processor lever, as shown in Figure 5-27. (Barbara moved her
finger from the load plate for visibility in this image.) Make sure the cammed
rod at the front of the socket engages the tab on the front of the load plate.
The surface of the processor should be completely clean. If there are any fin-
gerprints, dust, skin oil, or similar contaminants on the processor surface, use
a clean paper towel to polish the surface, as shown in Figure 5-28.
