Asus TUF B450M-PRO GAMING - Central Processing Unit (CPU)

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Chapter 1: Product introduction
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
ThemotherboardcomeswithanAMDAM4socketdesignedfor
AMDRyzen™2ndGeneration/Ryzen™withRadeon™Vega
Graphics/Athlon™withRadeon™VegaGraphics/Ryzen™1st
Generation processors.
UnplugallpowercablesbeforeinstallingtheCPU.
TheAM4sockethasadifferentpinoutfromtheFM2+/FM2socket.Ensurethatyouusea
CPUdesignedfortheAM4socket.TheCPUtsinonlyonecorrectorientation.DONOT
forcetheCPUintothesockettopreventbendingthepinsanddamagingtheCPU!
Installing the CPU
ApplytheThermalInterfaceMaterialtotheCPUheatsinkandCPUbeforeyouinstallthe
heatsink and fan if necessary.
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