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Chapter 2: Hardware information
2.4 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
2.4.1 Overview
The motherboard comes with a surface mount 478-pin Zero Insertion
Force (ZIF) socket. The socket is designed for the Intel
®
Pentium
®
4
Processor in the 478-pin package with 512KB L2 cache on 0.13 micron
process. This processor includes the Intel
®
NetBurst™ micro-architecture
that features the hyper-pipelined technology, rapid execution engine,
533/400MHz system bus, and execution trace cache. Together, these
attributes improve system performance by allowing higher core
frequencies, faster execution of integer instructions, and data transfer
rates of 3.2GB/s and 4.2GB/s.
Note in the illustration that the CPU
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!
Notes on Intel
®
Hyper-Threading technology
Gold Mark
To use the Hyper-Threading technology on this motherboard:
1. Buy an Intel Pentium 4 CPU that supports Hyper-Threading
technology. Install the CPU.
2. Power up the system and enter BIOS Setup (see Chapter 4). Under
the Advanced Menu, make sure that the item Hyper-Threading
Technology is set to Enabled. The item appears only if you installed a
CPU that supports Hyper-Threading techonology.
1. This motherboard supports Intel Pentium 4 CPUs with Hyper-
Threading technology.
2. Hyper-Threading technology is supported under Windows XP and
Linux 2.4.x (kernel) and later versions only. Under Linux, use the
Hyper-Threading compliler to compile the code. If you are using any
other operating systems, disable the Hyper-Threading Techonology
item in BIOS to ensure system stability and performance.
3. For more information on Hyper-Threading technology, visit
www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading.