Asus P4P800S-X User's Guide download pdf (Page 17)

ASUS P4P800S-X motherboard

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1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)

1.6.1 Overview

The Intel

Pentium

4 Northwood/Willamette/Prescott processors has a gold

triangular mark on one corner. This mark indicates the processor Pin 1 that should

match a specific corner of the CPU socket.

Incorrect installation of the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and severely

damage the CPU!

P4P800S-X

P4P800S-X Socket 478

Gold Arrow

Notes on Intel

Hyper-Threading Technology

To use the Hyper-Threading Technology on this motherboard:

1. Buy an Intel Pentium 4 CPU that supports Hyper-Threading Technology. Install

the CPU.

2. Power up the system and enter BIOS Setup (see Chapter 2). Under the

Advanced Menu, make sure that the item Hyper-Threading Technology is set

to Enabled. The item appears only if you installed a CPU that supports Hyper-

Threading Technology.

3. Reboot the computer.

1. This motherboard supports Intel

Pentium 4 CPUs with Hyper-Threading

Technology.

2. Make sure to enable the Hyper-Threading Technology item in the BIOS

before installing a supported operating system. See section “2.4.2 CPU

Configuration” for details.

3. To verify the Hyper-Threading feature, go to the Windows OS System

Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager -> Processors. The list

should display two existing processors.

4. Hyper-Threading Technology is supported under Windows

XP™ and later

versions only.

5. It is recommended that you install Windows

XP™ Service Pack 1.

6. For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, visit

www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading.

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