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Installation of the AMD Athlon and Duron CPU
The AMD Socket A Athlon and Duron processor installation is easy, like Socket 7 Pentium processors before. Because it uses the "Socket A" ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket, you can easily fix the processor firmly into position. Figure 2-3 shows you what the socket A looks like, and how to open the lever. The socket A has more pins than the socket 7. Therefore, a Pentium level processor cannot be inserted into a socket A. When you raise the lever, you have to loosen the socket lock. Please raise the lever to the end, and prepare to insert the processor. Next, you need to align the processor pin 1 to the socket pin 1. If you put it in the wrong direction, you will not be able to insert the processor easily, and processor pins will not fully go into the socket. If this is the case, please change the direction, until it easily and fully inserts into the socket A. See Figure 2-4. At the same time check the processor temperature detection thermistor height (if your motherboard has this component), then you can slowly insert the processor into the Scoket A. Finally, you need to check that the processor edge and the Socket A edge is parallel. It should be parallel and not tilted. When you finish the above, push the lever down to its original position, you should feel the lever lock the socket A. You have then finished the processor installation. Heatsink Installation HintsBecause the processor will produce a lot of heat while operating, we suggest you use a heatsink approved by AMD to be safe and to keep the processor temperature within normal operation temperatures. The heatsink will be large and heavy, so the fixing plate has a strong tension. When you install the heatsink on to the processor and its socket, you have to very carefully fix the fixing plate to the processor socket hook on both sides. If you do not pay attention to this, you may make the fixing plate scratch the PCB surface and cause circuit damage, break socket hooks or damage the die on the top of processor.
The proper procedure to install the heatsink kit:
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