User Guide

Hardware Installation
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2.4 Installing a Microprocessor
The motherboard comes with a ZIF microprocessor socket that allows you to
install a CPU without using any tool.
Follow these steps to install a CPU into a ZIF-type CPU socket:
Make sure that the system power is OFF before
installing a component.
1. Locate the CPU socket on the
system board and pull up the
socket lever.
2. Align pin 1 of the CPU with hole 1
of the socket. The dot on the CPU
indicates pin 1. The topmost label
indicates the CPU frequency and
the cache size.
Hole 1 CPU frequency
Pin 1 indicator
L2 cache
size
supported