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Motherboard User’s Guide
CPU Installation Procedure
Follow these instructions to install the CPU:
1 Unhook the locking lever of the CPU socket.
Pull the locking lever away from the socket
and raising it to the upright position.
2 Match the pin1 corner marked as the beveled
edge on the CPU with the pin1 corner on the
socket. Insert the CPU into the socket. Do
not use force.
3 Push the locking lever down and hook it un-
der the latch on the edge of socket.
4 Apply thermal grease to the top of the CPU.
5 Install the cooling fan/heatsink unit onto the
CPU, and secure them all onto the socket
base.
6 Plug the CPU fan power cable into the CPU
fan connector (CPU_FAN1) on the
motherboard.
Installing Memory Modules
This motherboard accommodates two 240-pin DIMM sockets (Dual Inline Memory
Module) for unbuffered
DDR2 800/
667/533/400 memory modules (Double Data
Rate SDRAM), and maximum 16 GB installed memory.
Note
: To achieve better airflow rates and heat dissipation, we suggest that
you use a high quality fan with 4800 rpm at least. CPU fan and heatsink
installation procedures may vary with the type of CPU fan/heatsink
supplied. The form and size of fan/heatsink may also vary.
