Asus M2N68 User Manual

ASUS M2N68 1-9
1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
The motherboard comes with a 940-pin AM2+ socket designed for the AMD
Athlon™ 64 X2 / Athlon™ 64 / Athlon™ FX / Phenom / Sempron™ processor.
The AM2+ socket has a different pinout from the 940-pin socket designed for
the AMD Opteron™ processor. Ensusre that you use a CPU that is designed for
the AM2+ socket. The CPU ts 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!
1.6.1 Installing the CPU
To install a CPU:
1. Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.
2. Unlock the socket by pressing the
lever sideways, then lift it up to a
90°-100° angle.
Ensure that the socket lever is lifted up to 90°-100° angle, otherwise the CPU
will not t in completely.
Socket lever
AM2+ socket is backward compatible with AM2 socket.
M2N68
M2N68 CPU Socket AM2+
SATA2

Asus M2N68 Specifications

General

ECC	Yes
Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	8 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
USB 2.0 connectors	6
PS/2 ports quantity	2
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.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8211CL
Networking features	NVIDIA nForce Gigabit MAC
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit
RAID levels	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	236 mm
Width	305 mm