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WARNING!

Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or

other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe

damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards.

2-1 CPU Installation

This motherboard provides surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) AMD CPU

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.

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.

Chapter 2

Hardware Installation

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CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket