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Note: The pin-1 corner is marked with an arrow
Follow these instructions to install the CPU:
1. Pull the CPU socket locking lever away from the socket to unhook it and raise
the locking lever to the upright position.
2. Identify the pin Pin-1 corner
on the CPU socket and the
pin Pin-1 corner on the
processor.
3. Match the Pin-1 corners and insert the processor into the socket. Do not use
force.
4. Swing the locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of the
socket.
5. Apply thermal grease to the top of the CPU.
6. Lower the CPU fan/heatsink unit onto the CPU and CPU socket and then snap
then snap the fan/heatsink into place.
7. Plug the CPU fan power cable into the CPU cooling fan power supply on the
mainboard (CPUFAN).
Installing Memory Modules The mainboard has two 168-pin/184-pin DIMM sockets for SDRAM/DDR
(Double Data Rate) SDRAM system memory modules.