Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0 - CPU and Memory Installation

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
1.1.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
ThemotherboardcomeswithanAM3+socketdesignedforAMD
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FXSeriesCPUup
to8-core,alsocompatiblewithAMD
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socketAM3forAMD
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Phenom™II/Athlon™II/
Sempron™100SeriesProcessors.
TheAM3+sockethasadifferentpinoutdesign.EnsurethatyouuseaCPUdesignedfor
theAM3+/AM3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!
EnsurethatallpowercablesareunpluggedbeforeinstallingtheCPU.