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2-3-2 About AMD Socket AM2+ CPU
This motherboard provides a 940-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF)
socket, referred to as the mPGA940 socket supports AMD AM2+ processor in the 940
Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array package technology.
The CPU that comes with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to
prevent overheating. If this is not the case, then purchase a correct cooling FAN
before you turn on your system.
WARNING!
Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s
heatsink and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly, otherwise it may
cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage, you
may install an auxiliary cooling FAN, if necessary.
To install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the ZIF
socket and open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then
upward to a 90-degree angle. Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown
below. The notched corner should point toward the end of the level. Because the
CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners, the CPU will only fit in the orientation
as shown.
CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket
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When you put the CPU into the ZIF socket, No force required to insert of the CPU, and
then press the level to locate position slightly without any extra force.
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Install
Memory
This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR2 DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES
(DIMM) socket for DDR2 memory expansion available from minimum memory volume
of 128MB to maximum memory volume of 4GB DDR SDRAM.
Valid Memory Configurations
Bank 240-Pin
DIMM
PCS Maximum
Capacity
Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066*
X1
2GB
Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066*
X1
2GB
Bank 4, 5 (DIMM3) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066*
X1
2GB
Bank 6, 7 (DIMM4) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066*
X1
2GB
Total
System Memory (Max 2GB)
4
8GB
