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Hardware Installation
This section will assist you in quickly 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/ 64FX processor using a Socket 939. Before building
your system, we suggest you visit the AMD website and review the processor installation procedures.
http://www.amd.com
CPU Socket 939 Configuration Steps:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Lower the lever until it snaps back into position. This will lock down the CPU.
4. Smear thermal grease on top of the CPU. Lower the CPU fan onto the CPU and use the clasps
on the fan to attach it to the socket. Finally, extend the power cable from the fan and insert it
onto the “CPUFAN” adapter.
Attention
Overheating may damage the CPU and other sensitive components.
Please check the installation completely before starting the system.
Make sure the heatsink and the CPU fan are
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