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Install CPU
About AMD AM3 CPU Installation
This motherboard provides a socket AM2 surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF)
socket, referred to as the mPGA940 socket supports AMD AM3 series processors.
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.
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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.
Install Memory
This motherboard provides two 240-pin DDRIII DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES
(DIMM) socket for DDRIII memory expansion to maximum memory volume of 8 GB
DDR SDRAM.
Valid Memory Configurations
Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Maximum Capacity
XMM1 DDRIII800/DDRIII1066/DDRIII1333 X1 4GB
XMM2 DDRIII800/DDRIII1066/DDRIII1333 X1 4GB
Total System Memory (Max 8 GB) 2 8GB