Central Processing Unit (Cpu); Overview; Installing The Cpu - Asus K8N-DRE - Motherboard - Extended ATX User Manual

2.3

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

2.3.1 2.3.1

Overview

Overview
2.3.1 2.3.1 2.3.1 Overview Overview Overview
The motherboard comes with dual surface mount 940-pin Zero Insertion
Force (ZIF) sockets designed for AMD Opteron™ 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.
Take note of the notched corner on
the CPU. This corner should match a
specific corner on the socket to
ensure correct installation.
2.3.2 2.3.2

Installing the CPU

Installing the CPU
2.3.2 2.3.2 2.3.2 Installing the CPU Installing the CPU Installing the CPU
To install a CPU:
1. Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.
CPU2
K8N-DRE CPU Socket 940
• Before installing the CPU, make sure that the socket box is facing
towards you and the load lever is on your left.
• If installing only one CPU, use the CPU socket marked CPU1.
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CPU1
Notched corner
CPU2 CPU1
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