Asus A8N-SLI SE manual Central Processing Unit CPU, Overview, Installing the CPU

2.3Central Processing Unit (CPU)

2.3.1 Overview

The motherboard comes with a surface mount 939-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket designed for the AMD Athlon™ 64FX, AMD Athlon™ 64 or AMD Athlon™ 64X2 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.

Gold triangle

2.3.2 Installing the CPU

To install a CPU:

1.Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.

A8N-SLI SE

A8N-SLI SE CPU Socket 939

Before installing the CPU, make sure that the socket box is facing towards you and the load lever is on your left.

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