User Guide

2-52-5

2-5

ASUS RS161-E2/PA2ASUS RS161-E2/PA2

ASUS RS161-E2/PA2

2.3.22.3.2

2.3.2

Installing the CPUInstalling the CPU

Installing the CPU

To install a CPU:

1. Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.

2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)

2.3.12.3.1

2.3.1

OverviewOverview

Overview

The motherboard comes with dual surface mount 940-pin Zero Insertion

Force (ZIF) sockets designed for AMD Opteron™ 64 processors.

The 128-bit-wide data paths of these processors can run applications

faster than processors with only 32-bit or 64-bit wide data paths.

If installing only one CPU, use the CPU socket marked CPU1.

Take note of the notched corner on

the CPU. This corner should match a

specific corner on the socket to

ensure correct installation.

Notched corner

K8N-DRE

8N-DRE CPU Socket 940

CPU1CPU2