Asus A7V880 Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 18

Central Processing Unit CPU - specification

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1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) 1.6.1 Overview The motherboard comes with a surface mount 462-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket designed for the AMD Athlon™ XP, AMD Athlon™ XP, AMD Duron™ processors 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. Gold triangle Do not use processors with core speeds of less than 1GHz on this motherboard. 1.6.2 Installing the CPU Follow these steps to install a CPU. 1. Locate the 462-pin ZIF socket on the motherboard. 1-8 Chapter 1: Product introduction

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1-8
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.6
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
1.6.1
Overview
The motherboard comes with a surface mount 462-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF)
socket designed for the AMD Athlon™ XP, AMD Athlon™ XP, AMD Duron™
processors
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.
Gold triangle
Do not use processors with core speeds of less than 1GHz on this
motherboard.
1.6.2
Installing the CPU
Follow these steps to install a CPU.
1.
Locate the 462-pin ZIF socket on the motherboard.