1 00:00:00,359 --> 00:00:11,480 so I had someone send me a message on my uh my YouTube messages today um and they 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:13,799 asked me how to install an LGA 1156 CPU 3 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:18,920 so that kind of inspired me to do a series of CPU installation tips so I've 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:22,800 got an Intel confidential CPU I can't tell you what that is but the first one 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:30,679 I'm going to be doing is how to install a CPU in an LGA 1156 motherboard so step 6 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:32,520 one would be find a CPU okay so as long 7 00:00:30,679 --> 00:00:37,079 as you've completed that the actual first step would be to take the lever 8 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:42,039 here and then you push down a little bit pull it out to the side and then lift it 9 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:45,879 up actually you don't need to lift much because it's it's kind of springloaded 10 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:53,199 here so you can see the pressure that the ARM is uh putting down over here and 11 00:00:48,879 --> 00:00:56,320 that actually forces the um socket to 12 00:00:53,199 --> 00:00:58,519 slide under this bolt okay so that's 13 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:04,080 what is giving the pressure to hold your CPU in so you pull out lift up the ARM 14 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:07,799 that's going to cause this to sort of Y there we go lift up so once that 15 00:01:06,119 --> 00:01:13,280 protective cover is removed you should remove any cats from the vicinity 16 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:18,400 because cats will cause all kinds of problems during CPU installation step 17 00:01:15,960 --> 00:01:23,119 two would be to see that little place where it says remove remove that so you 18 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:27,720 hold your thumb under there lift it up okay so you're removing the protective 19 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:29,200 cover from the LGA 1156 socket this is 20 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:33,960 the part where it could get hairy if you have a cat so there's 21 00:01:31,159 --> 00:01:38,920 1,156 pins in there all of which need to make perfect contact with the 22 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:43,360 1,156 pins on the bottom of your CPU now you see these two notches up at the top 23 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:47,600 here right there and then at the bottom right here those two notches need to 24 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:53,479 line up with The Notches in the socket which are here and here okay so I got to 25 00:01:51,200 --> 00:02:00,079 line up my CPU which means it's going to go in some kind of different orientation 26 00:01:56,439 --> 00:02:01,799 hold on put it this way ah this is 27 00:02:00,079 --> 00:02:05,719 harder than it looks folks I'm looking through the camera installing a CPU so 28 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:10,080 you get it lined up just right so you can see my notches are where they belong 29 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:13,239 drop it into the socket being very careful I like to give it a little bit 30 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:19,319 of a wiggle just to make sure it's in the right spot then you take the cover 31 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:23,160 here you put it right where it goes sort of so that it can slide down here so you 32 00:02:21,879 --> 00:02:27,360 just it's going to be loose that's normal okay so then you take the 33 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:30,480 lever pull it all the way down there's going to you're applying some pressure 34 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:34,959 here like that actually is putting a fair amount of force back on my finger 35 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:39,480 so once you do that you can see that the CPU is actually held in by these two 36 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:43,519 tabs right here more than anything else so those line up with a little metal tab 37 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:48,000 on the heat spreader and that's what gives your CPU the force downward that 38 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:53,239 it needs to ensure it makes good contact with the pads in the socket so thank you 39 00:02:50,159 --> 00:02:54,519 for checking out my installation tip for 40 00:02:53,239 --> 00:02:59,959 LGA 1156 more to come