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Hardware Installation
This section will assist you quickly in installing your system hardware. Wear a wrist ground strap
before handling components. Electrostatic discharge may damage your system components.
CPU Processor Installation
This mainboard supports AMD
®
Athlon
TM
64 processor using a Socket 754. Before building your
system, we suggest you to visit the AMD website and review the processor installation procedures.
(http://www.amd.com)
CPU Socket 754 Configuration Steps:
Locate the CPU socket on your mainboard and nudge the locking lever away from the socket. Then
lift the lever to a 90-degree angle.
On the socket, locate the corner which has the “diagonally cut-corner” on the rectangular shaped
pattern of pinholes (see diagram below-left). Match that corner with the “gold triangle” on the CPU
(see diagram below-right) and lower the CPU onto the socket. The bottom of the CPU should be
flush with the
face of the socket.
Lower the lever until it snaps bac
S ear thermal grease on
e the clasps on the
k into position. This will lock down the CPU.
m
top of the CPU. Lower the CPU fan onto the CPU and us
fan to attach it to the socket. Finally, extend the power cable from the fan and insert it onto the
“CPUFAN” adapter.
Attention
erheating may dam
Ov
age the CPU and other sensitive components.
Please check the installation completely before starting the system.
Make sure the heatsink and the CPU fan are properly installed.
Diagonally
Cut-corner
Gold triangle
