ASUS P3C2000 User’s Manual
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3. HARDWARE SETUP
CPU
3. H/W SETUP
3.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
NOTE: The following pictures are provided for reference purposes only. The ap-
pearance of your retention mechanism and fan may be different from the following
examples.
Your motherboard provides a Slot 1 connector for a Pentium
®
III processor pack-
aged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC2), a Pentium
®
II processor pack-
aged in SECC2/SECC, or a Celeron™ processor packaged in a Single Edge Proces-
sor Package (SEPP). An ASUS S370 Series CPU card can allow Socket 370 proces-
sors to be used on any ASUS motherboard with the Slot 1 connector (See 7.2 S370
Series CPU Card for instructions on using this card).
3.6.1 Universal Retention Mechanism
Your motherboard may come preinstalled with a Universal Retention Mechanism
(URM). The URM, which supports Pentium III / II and Celeron processors, may be
the folding or non-folding type. Shown below is the folding type.
Folding Universal Retention Mechanism (URM)
Pentium II processor packaged in an SECC with
heatsink and fan (top view)
Pentium III (in an SECC2) with heatsink and fan
NOTE: The SEPP fan (for Celeron processors) is
similar to SECC2 fan except that the clamping
design is different.
