Central Processing Unit (Cpu); Overview - Asus K8U-X - Socket 754 Motherboard User Manual

1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)

1.6.1 Overview

The motherboard comes with a surface mount 754-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF)
socket designed for the AMD Athlon™ 64 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.
K8U-X CPU Socket 754
Incorrect installation of the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and
severely damage the CPU!
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