User`s manual

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Installation
3.3 CPU (Central Processing Unit)
This motherboard supports a mPGA2 478 Pin Intel Pentium 4 processor. To complete CPU
installation, please install CPU to socket firmly, presented in Sec. 3.3.1.
3.3.1 install a CPU
Please follow the below steps to install your CPU.
Step 1: Pull the handling bar of the socket upward to the other end to loosen the socket’s
openings.
Step 2: Place the CPU on the middle of the socket, orienting its beveled corner to line up
with the socket’s beveled corner. Make sure the pins of the CPU fit evenly to the
socket openings.
Step 1 Step 2
Step 3: Press the handling bar downward to fasten the CPU to the socket.
Warning: It is strongly recommended that a heatsink and CPU cooling fan be used to prevent
the CPU from overheating. Applying a thermal compound between the CPU and
the heatsink/fan will further improve CPU cooling.
Handling Bar