Central Processing Unit (Cpu) - Asus Motherboard A7S8X-MX User Manual

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Central Processing Unit (CPU)

The motherboard comes with a surface mount 462-pin Zero Insertion Force
(ZIF) socket designed for the AMD Athlon™ XP/Sempron™ processor.
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.
Do not use processors with core speeds of less than 1 GHz on this
motherboard.
Installing the CPU Installing the CPU Installing the CPU
Installing the CPU Installing the CPU
Follow these steps to install a CPU.
1. Locate the 462-pin ZIF socket on the motherboard.
A7S8X-MX CPU Socket 462
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