Supermicro SuperServer SYS-111C-NR - Creating the Processor Carrier Assembly

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Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
Pin 1
Make sure the lever
is pressed down before
installing the processor.
Creating the Processor Carrier Assembly
To install a processor into the processor carrier, follow the steps below:
1. Before installation, make sure the lever on the processor carrier is pressed down as
shown below.
2. Hold the processor with the LGA lands (gold contacts) facing up. Locate the small, gold
triangle in the corner of the processor and the corresponding hollowed triangle on the
processor carrier. These triangles indicate pin 1. See the images below.
3. Use the triangles as a guide to carefully align and place one end of the processor into
the latch marked A, and place the other end of processor into the latch marked B as
shown below.
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Processor Carrier Assembly
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