User`s manual

Installation

3.3 CPU (Central Processing Unit)

This motherboard supports an 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.

CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket

Golden Arrow

m PG A 478B

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