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1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) This motherboard comes with an AM3 socket designed for AMD® Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II / Sempron™ 100 processors. The AM3 socket has a different pinout from the AM2+/AM2 socket. Ensure that you use a CPU designed for the AM3 socket. The CPU fits in only one correct orientation. DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the CPU! 1.6.1 1. To install a CPU: Installing the CPU Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard. 2. Press the lever sideways to unlock the socket, then lift it up to a 90°-100° angle. Socket lever Ensure that the socket lever is lifted up to a 90°-100° angle; otherwise, the CPU will not fit in completely. 3. 4. Position the CPU above the socket such that the CPU corner with the gold triangle matches the socket corner with a small triangle. Carefully insert the CPU into the socket until it fits in place. The CPU fits only in one correct orientation. DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the CPU! Small triangle Gold triangle ASUS M4A77T 1-7

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1.6
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
This motherboard comes with an AM3 socket designed for AMD
®
Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II /
Sempron™ 100 processors.
1.6.1
Installing the CPU
To install a CPU:
1.
Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.
2.
Press the lever sideways to unlock the
socket, then lift it up to a 90°-100° angle.
Socket lever
Ensure that the socket lever is lifted up to a 90°-100° angle; otherwise, the CPU will not Ft
in completely.
3.
Position the CPU above the socket such that the CPU
corner with the gold triangle matches the socket corner
with a small triangle.
4.
Carefully insert the CPU into the socket until it Fts in place.
The CPU Fts only in one correct orientation.
DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to
prevent bending the pins and damaging the
CPU!
Gold triangle
Small triangle
The AM3 socket has a different pinout from the AM2+/AM2 socket. Ensure that you use a
CPU designed for the AM3 socket. The CPU Fts in only one correct orientation. DO NOT
force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the CPU!
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