User`s guide

Serverboard Manual
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Hardware
Install
installing the proCessor and heatsink
The ServerBoard accommodates AMD® Opteron micro-PGA Socket 940 processors at
1600 MTs (MegaTransfers per second). You must first insert a CPU into CPU socket 0
(CPU0) before installing one in CPU socket 1 (CPU1).
Processor (CPU) Installation
This section outlines how to install a CPU into the ServerBoard
1. Locate Pin 1 on the CPU socket and Pin 1 on the CPU itself.
2. Lift up the lever on the CPU Socket 940. Then line up Pin 1 on the CPU with the
Pin 1 marking on the socket before inserting the CPU into the Socket 940. Check
that the CPU is flush in the socket, and lower the lever to lock the CPU in place.
3. Apply Thermal Compound (Thermal grease) to the top of the CPU.
4. Mount the Heatsink on top of the installed CPU by attaching it to the
motherboard with the included screws (first on one side, then the other).
Pin1
Pin 1 of
CPU is
lined up
with Pin1
of Socket.