ASUS Motherboard installation guide 7
socket to prevent bending the connectors on the socket and damaging the CPU!
6. Position the CPU over the socket,
ensuring that the gold triangle is on
the bottom‑left corner of the socket,
into the CPU notch.
5. Remove the PnP cap from the CPU
socket.
PnP cap
Gold
triangle
mark
Alignment key
CPU notch
8. Close the load plate (A), and then
push the load lever (B) until it snaps
into the retention tab.
A
B