ZMAX 2x Computer CPU Packaging ClamShell Container for FOR AMD - AM2, AM2+, AM3, AM3+

so this will be one of the last in my series of CPU installation tutorials now this is actually what is this this is an AM to motherboard okay so you can see it's got the four bolt through okay which is standard for a.m. to the older LG are from LGA the older socket 754 and 939 only had two bolts but they did have the same clip system that AMD uses with a m2 m2 plus m3 754 and nine three nine so this is going to be the same CPU installation procedure regardless of which one of those sockets you're using so this particular one yeah there you can see it's a socket am-2 right there so it's 940 pins as I recall so TPU now with the Intel installation videos I did you can see that there was a protective cover over the socket on the motherboard not the case with AMD these are not fragile as long as you don't manage to like drop metal shards or something inside those holes you're not going to r