Central Processing Unit (Cpu); Overview - Asus A8S-X User Manual

1.6

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

1.6.1 Overview

The motherboard comes with a surface mount 939-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF)
socket designed for the AMD Athlon™ 64 X2, AMD Athlon™ 64 FX and AMD
Athlon™ 64 processors.
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.
A8S-X
A8S-X CPU Socket 939
Incorrect installation of the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and severely
damage the CPU!
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