Asus A7N8X-E 2.3.1 Overview, 2.3.2 Installing the CPU

2.3Central Processing Unit (CPU)

2.3.1 Overview

The motherboard comes with a surface mount 462-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket designed for the AMD Athlon™, AMD Athlon™ XP and AMD Duron™ processors.

Take note of the marked corner (with gold triangle) on the CPU. This mark should match a specific corner on the socket to ensure correct installation.

Gold triangle

Do not use processors with core speeds of less than 1GHz on this motherboard.

2.3.2 Installing the CPU

Follow these steps to install a CPU.

1. Locate the 462-pin ZIF socket on the motherboard.

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