Asus M2N-X User Manual

1-10 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.6.2 Installing the heatsink and fan
The AMD Athlon™ 64 X2/Athlon™ 64/Athlon™ FX/Sempron™ processor
require a specially designed heatsink and fan assembly to ensure optimum
thermal condition and performance.
Follow these steps to install the CPU heatsink and fan.
1. Place the heatsink on top of the installed CPU, making sure that the
heatsink ts properly on the retention module base.
Retention Module Base
CPU Heatsink
CPU Fan
Retention bracket lockRetention bracket
Make sure that you use only qualied heatsink and fan assembly.
• The retention module base is already installed on the motherboard
upon purchase.
• You do not have to remove the retention module base when
installing the CPU or installing other motherboard components.
• If you purchased a separate CPU heatsink and fan assembly, make
sure that a Thermal Interface Material is properly applied to the CPU
heatsink or CPU before you install the heatsink and fan assembly.
Your boxed CPU heatsink and fan assembly should come with installation
instructions for the CPU, heatsink, and the retention mechanism. If the
instructions in this section do not match the CPU documentation, follow
the latter.

Asus M2N-X Specifications

General

ECC	Yes
Number of memory slots	2
Maximum internal memory	4 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
CPU fan connector	No
Number of SATA connectors	4
Number of EATX power connectors	1
Manageability features	WOR (Ring), WOL/WOR (PME), PXE
Controller interface type	Serial ATA
Controller 2nd interface type	UltraDMA 100/66/33
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Compatible operating systems	Windows Vista/XP/2000
Bundled software	Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update NVIDIA MediaShield RAID
BIOS memory size	32 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	193 mm
Width	305 mm