5. Carefully place the motherboard 6.  Install the graphics card into the 8.  The POST screen should now 10. Install your Operating System. 13. Congratulations, you have into the chassis, such that its rear x16 PCI Express slot and ensure appear. (See image at right) Press successfully set up your AMD I/O ports line up with the cutouts the appropriate power connectors and hold down the DEL key on 11.  Download the latest chipset, optimized AMD-powered system. FX-9000 in the I/O shield. Secure the are used. the keyboard until the BIOS network and audio drivers at motherboard with the supplied screen appears. Verify that the the motherboard manufacturer Series screws. The holes should line 7. Turn system on. motherboard model, CPU type website. up directly with the standoffs and total memory are correctly Installation underneath. Ensure all system shown. For those not using a 12. Download the latest graphics Guide power cables are connected. recommended motherboard, drivers and hotfixes at: please enter the system BIOS www.support.amd.com or www.microsoft.com setup screen as documented by For Windows 7 users, please motherboard manufacturer install updates specific to FX processors. 9. Enable A.M.P. Memory Profiles to set Memory Frequencies. For those http://support.microsoft.com/ without AMD Radeon™ Memory, kb/2645594/en-us enable XMP in the BIOS (See image http://support.microsoft.com/ at right) to ensure maximum kb/2646060/en-us © 2013 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, AMD CrossFire, AMD memory settings. Phenom, Radeon and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. PID#53985A Recommended Components for CPU Cooler: Installation 2.  Install memory modules into the 3.a.  3.b. The thermal compound should 4. Install the CPU cooler into correct slots on the motherboard. Prepare the processor for the CPU be applied in a very thin layer, AMD FX-9000 Series Antec KUHLER H2O 920 or similar cooler* 1.  Install the AMD FX processor into the mounting brackets of the *AMD recommends a thermal solution that meets or To ensure maximum performance, cooler by wiping the processor evenly spread over the entire lid motherboard. exceeds a Theta-ca of <0.10C/W the AMD 990FX motherboard Recommended AMD 990FX Motherboards*: AM3+ socket and ensure it is they should be configured in lid. Apply a pea size amount of of the CPU. Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Memory: securely locked down. dual channel mode. Refer to your thermal compound at the center www.asus.com/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_990FX_ > AMD Radeon™ Memory Gamer Series motherboard manual for more of the CPU chip and spread across A proper application should R20/ > AMD Radeon™ Memory Performance Series information. evenly (skip this step if thermal result in the lid appearing hazy compound is already applied onto or foggy (you should not notice Asus CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z > AMD Radeon™ Memory Entertainment Series www.asus.com/Motherboards/CROSSHAIR_V_ the bottom of the CPU cooler). any streaks or clumps of thermal FORMULAZ/ > 2x4 GB DDR3-1866 or higher* compound on the lid). *For DDR3 DIMMs faster than 1866, AMD recommends Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 the use of AMP memory profiles www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page. Graphics Card: aspx?pid=4658#ov > AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 or higher ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/Fatal1ty%20990FX%20 > 600W Power Supply or higher Professional/ > AMD has successfully tested FX-9000 Series MSI 990FXA-GD65 CPUs with the following power supplies: http://us.msi.com/product/mb/990FXA-GD65.html - CoolerMaster RS-700-AMBA-D3 700W *The only AMD AM3+ chipset recommended for use with - APEVIA ATX-AP800W 800W ATX12V AMD FX-9000 Series CPUs is AMD 990FX