Asus A7S8X-MX Installing the CPU, 1.6Central Processing Unit (CPU)

1.6Central Processing Unit (CPU)

The motherboard comes with a surface mount 462-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket designed for the AMD Athlon™ XP/Sempron™ processor.

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.

G o l d triangle

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

Installing the CPU

Follow these steps to install a CPU.

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

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TO INNER

CORNER

LOCK

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A7S8X-MX CPU Socket 462

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