Accelerated Processing Unit (Apu); Installing The Apu - Asus F1A55 User Manual

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Accelerated Processing Unit (APU)

This motherboard comes with an FM1 socket designed for AMD
accelerated processors with AMD
Ensure that you use a APU designed for the FM1 socket. The APU fits in only one correct
orientation. DO NOT force the APU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and
damaging the APU!
1.6.1

Installing the APU

To install a APU:
1. Locate the FM1 socket on the motherboard.
F1A55
F1A55 processor socket FM1
2. Press the lever sideways to unlock the
socket, then lift it up to a 90°-100° angle.
Ensure that the socket lever is lifted up to a 90°-100° angle; otherwise, the APU will not fit
in completely.
3. Position the APU above the socket such that the APU
corner with the gold triangle matches the socket corner
with a small triangle.
4. Carefully insert the APU into the socket until it fits in place.
The APU fits only in one correct orientation.
DO NOT force the APU into the socket to
prevent bending the pins and damaging the
APU!
ASUS F1A55
Radeon™ HD 6000 series graphics.
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Fusion™ A- & E2- series
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Socket lever
Small triangle
Gold triangle
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