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Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
1.6.1 Overview
The Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Northwood/Willamette/Prescott processors has a gold
triangular mark on one corner. This mark indicates the processor Pin 1 that should
match a specific corner of the CPU socket.
Incorrect installation of the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and
severely damage the CPU!
P4B533-X
®
P4B533-X Socket 478
Gold Arrow
Notes on Intel
®
Hyper-Threading Technology
1. This motherboard supports Intel
®
Pentium 4 CPUs with Hyper-Threading
Technology. The motherboard automatically detects an installed Intel
Pentium 4 CPU with Hyper-Threading Technology support.
2. To verify the Hyper-Threading feature, go to the Windows OS System
Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager -> Processors. The list
should display two existing processors.
3. Hyper-Threading Technology is supported under Windows
®
XP™ and later
versions only.
4. It is recommended that you install Windows
®
XP™ Service Pack 1.
5. For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, visit
www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading.