Asus M4A87TD EVO - Manual (Page 18)

1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
The motherboard comes with an AM3 socket designed for AMD ® Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II /
Sempron™ 100 Series Processors.
The CPU socket is not compatible with AMD ® Opteron™ processors. Do not install an
Opteron™ processor on this motherboard.
1.6.1 Installing the CPU
To install a CPU:
1.
Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.
2. Press the lever sideways to unlock
the socket, then lift it up to a
90°–100° angle.
Socket lever
Ensure that the socket lever is lifted up to 90°–100° angle, otherwise the CPU will not fit in
completely.
3. Position the CPU above the socket such that the CPU
corner with the gold triangle matches the socket corner
with a small triangle.
4. Carefully insert the CPU into the socket until it fits in place.
Gold triangle
Small triangle
The CPU fits only in one correct
orientation. DO NOT force the CPU into
the socket to prevent bending the pins
and damaging the CPU!
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