ASUS M5A97LER20 Manual De Usuario

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

This motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules 

(DIMM) sockets. A DDR3 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR2 DIMM but 

is notched differently to prevent installation on a DDR2 DIMM socket. DDR3 modules are 

developed for better performance with less power consumption. The figure illustrates the 

location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:

DIMM_A1 DIMM_A2

DIMM_B1 DIMM_B2

The motherboard comes with an AM3+/AM3 socket designed for AMD

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 FX™ Series / 

Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II / Sempron™ 100 Series Processors.

The AM3+ socket has a different pinout from the 940-pin socket designed for the AMD 

Opteron processor. Ensure that you use a CPU designed for the AM3+ socket. The CPU 

fits in only one correct orientation. DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to prevent 

bending the connectors on the socket and damaging the CPU!

Ensure that all power cables are unplugged before installing the CPU.