Mainboard nForce 680i SLI/

Mainboard nForce 680i LT SLI

Hardware Installation

This section will assist you in quickly installing your system hardware. Wear a wrist ground strap before handling components. Electrostatic discharge may damage the system’s components.

CPU Processor Installation

These mainboards support Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme/ CoreTM 2 Quad/ CoreTM 2 Duo/ Pentium® Extreme Edition/ Pentium® Processors using a Socket 775. Before building your system, we suggest you to visit the Intel website and review the processor installation procedures. http://www.intel.com

CPU Socket 775 Configuration Steps:

1.Locate the CPU socket 775 on your mainboard and nudge the lever away from the socket as shown. Then lift the lever to a 140-degree angle (A). Next, lift up the iron cover (B).

2.There are 2 distinctive marks located near the corners of the socket on the same side as the lever as shown (C). Match these marks with the marks on the CPU and carefully lower the CPU down onto the socket (D).

3.Replace the iron cover and then lower the lever until it snaps back into position (E). This will lock down the CPU (F).

A

C

E

B

D

F

4.Smear thermal grease on the top of the CPU. Lower the CPU fan onto the CPU/CPU socket and secure it using the attachments or screws provided on the fan. Finally, attach the fan power cord to the CPUFAN header.

Attention

DO NOT touch the CPU pins in case they are damaged. Also, make sure that you have completed all installation steps before powered on the system. Finally, double-check that the cooling fan is properly installed and the CPU fan power cord is securely attached, in case your CPU and other sensitive components are damaged because of high temperatures.

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