mATX AIMB-763 Series, User Manual

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Contents
Chapter 1 Product Introduction .......................................2
1.1 Welcome............................................................................ 2
1.2 Package contents ............................................................... 2
1.3 Special features ................................................................. 3
1.3.1 Product highlights ........................................................... 3
1.4 Before you proceed ........................................................... 6
Figure 1.1 Onboard LED ........................................... 7
1.5 Motherboard overview ...................................................... 8
1.5.1 Placement direction......................................................... 8
1.5.2 Screw holes ..................................................................... 8
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1.2 Screw holes............................................... 8
1.5.3 AIMB-763G2 Motherboard layout ................................. 9
Figure
1.3 AIMB-763G2 Motherboard layout........... 9
1.5.4 AIMB-763VG Motherboard layout .............................. 10
Figure
1.4 AIMB-763VG Motherboard layout........ 10
1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ....................................... 11
1.6.1 Installing the CPU......................................................... 12
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1.5 Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard
................................................................ 12
Figure 1.6 Release the load lever ............................. 12
Figure 1.7 Lift the load lever ................................... 13
Figure 1.8 Lift the load plate.................................... 13
Figure 1.9 Position the CPU over the socket ........... 14
Figure 1.10 Close the load plate................................. 14
1.6.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan ............................. 16
Figure 1.11 Place the heatsink on top of the installed
CPU ...................................................... 17
Figure 1.12
S
ecure the heatsink and fan assembly in
place ..................................................... 17
Figure 1.13 Connect the fan cable ............................. 18
1.6.3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan......................... 19
Figure 1.14 Rotate each fastener counterclockwise... 19
Figure 1.15 Disengage the heatsink and fan assembly
................................................................ 19
Figure 1.16
R
emove the heatsink and fan assembly... 20
Figure 1.17 Rotate each fastener clockwise............... 20
Figure 1.18 Narrow end of the groove....................... 21
1.7 System memory............................................................... 22
1.7.1 Overview....................................................................... 22
Figure 1.19 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets ............... 22
Table
1.1 240-pin DDR2 DIMM Sockets............... 22