Owner manual

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Chapter 2: Hardware information

2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)

2.3.1 Overview

The motherboard comes with a surface mount 478-pin Zero Insertion

Force (ZIF) socket designed for the Intel

Pentium

4 processor.

Take note of the marked corner (with

gold triangle) on the CPU. This mark

should match a specific corner on the

socket to ensure correct installation.

Gold Mark

To use the Hyper-Threading Technology on this motherboard:

1. Buy an Intel

Pentium

4 CPU that supports Hyper-Threading

Technology. Install the CPU.

2. Power up the system and enter BIOS Setup (see Chapter 4). Under

the Advanced Menu, make sure that the item Hyper-Threading

Technology is set to Enabled. The item appears only if you installed a

CPU that supports Hyper-Threading Technology.

3. Reboot the computer.

Notes on Intel

Hyper-Threading Technology

• This motherboard supports Intel

Pentium

4 CPUs with

Hyper-Threading Technology.

• Hyper-Threading Technology is supported under Windows

XP and

Linux 2.4.x (kernel) and later versions only. Under Linux, use the

Hyper-Threading compliler to compile the code. If you are using any

other operating systems, disable the Hyper-Threading Technology

item in BIOS to ensure system stability and performance.

• It is recommended that you install Windows

XP Service Pack 1.

• Make sure to enable the Hyper-Threading Technology item in BIOS

before installing a supported operating system.

• For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, visit