Asus A8N-SLI 1.3.1Installing the CPU, 1.3Central Processing Unit (CPU)

1.3Central Processing Unit (CPU)

The motherboard comes with a surface mount 939-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket designed for the AMD Athlon™ 64FX or AMD Athlon™ 64 processor.

The 128-bit-wide data paths of these processors can run applications faster than processors with only 32-bit or 64-bit wide data paths.

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.

Gol d triangle

1.3.1Installing the CPU

To install a CPU:

1.Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.

A8N-SLI

A8N-SLI CPU Socket 939

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