Asus P1-P5945GCX: Installing the CPU Installing a DIMM

Installing the CPU

1. Unlock the load lever, then lift

2. Lift the load plate, then

to a 90º-100º angle.

remove the PnP cap.

Load leverRetention tab

3. Install the CPU. The CPU ts in

4. Close the load plate, then lock

only one orientation.

the load lever.

5. Reinstall the CPU fan and heatsink assembly, then reconnect the CPU

fan cable to the CPU fan connector on the motherboard. Refer to the

instructions in the previous section for details.

Installing a DIMM

1. Locate the DIMM sockets in the

Unlocked

motherboard.

retaining clip

2. Unlock a DIMM socket by

pressing the retaining clips

outward.

3. Align a DIMM on the socket

such that the notch on the

DIMM matches the break on the

socket.

DDR DIMM notch