Asus M3N78-CM - CPU Installation

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1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
The motherboard comes with a 940-pin AM2+ / AM2 socket designed for AMD
Phenom™FX / Phenom™ / Athlon™ / Sempron
TM
processors.
The AM2+ / AM2 socket has a different pinout from the 940-pin socket designed
for the AMD Opteron™ processor. Ensure that you use a CPU is designed for
the AM2+ / AM2 socket. The CPU ts in only one correct orientation. DO NOT
force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the connectors on the socket
and damaging the CPU!
1.6.1 Installing the CPU
To install a CPU.
1. Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.
2. Unlock the socket by pressing the
lever sideways, then lift it up to a
90°-100° angle.
Ensure that the socket lever is lifted up to 90°-100° angle, otherwise the CPU
does not t in completely.
Socket lever
M3N78-CM
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M3N78-CM CPU Socket AM2+