Specifications

ASUS M2N68-AM 1-9
1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
The motherboard comes with a 940-pin AM2 / AM2+ socket designed for the AMD
Phenom™ FX / Phenom™ / Athlon™ / Sempron™ processors.
The 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
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
M2N68-AM
M2N68-AM CPU socket AM2+