2.3Central Processing Unit (CPU)

The motherboard comes with a 940-pin AM2 socket designed for AMD Athlon™ 64 X2, AMD Athlon™ 64, AMD Athlon™ 64 FX, AMD Sempron™, AMD Opteron™ 64 1000 series (dual core), and AMD Phenom™ processors.

The AM2 socket has a different pin layout from the 940-pin socket designed for the AMD Opteron™ 200/800 series processor. Make sure you use a CPU designed for the AM2 socket. The CPU fits in only one correct orientation. DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the connectors on the socket and damaging the CPU!

2.3.1Installing the CPU

To install a CPU:

1.Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.

M2N-L

 

M2N-L CPU Socket AM2

 

2. Unlock the socket by pressing the

 

lever sideways, then lift it up to a

Socket lever

90º angle.

 

Make sure that the socket lever is lifted up to a 90º angle; otherwise, the CPU will not fit in completely.

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Chapter 2: Hardware information