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Hardware Installation
CPU
Overview
The system board is equipped with a surface mount 370-pin CPU
socket for installing an Intel Pentium
®
III or Celeron
TM
CPU.
Installing the CPU
1.
Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected
to it has been powered down.
2.
Disconnect all power cords and cables.
3.
Locate Socket 370 on the system board.
4.
Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways, away from the
socket, then lifting it up to a 90
o
angle. Make sure the socket is
lifted to at least this angle otherwise the CPU will not fit in
properly.
5.
Position the CPU above the socket then align the marked
corner of the CPU (designated as pin 1) with pin 1 of the
socket.
6.
Insert the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place. The
CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inserted
without exerting any force. Do not force the CPU into the
socket. Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and
damage the CPU.
7.
Once the CPU is in place, push down the lever to lock the
socket. The lever should click on the side tab to indicate that
the CPU is completely secured in the socket.
8.
Place the CPU fan heatsink on the CPU. Latch one side of the
fan heatsink’s retaining clip onto the protruding tab on the side
of the socket.
9.
Push down the other retaining clip until it latches and lock onto
the protruding tab on that side of the socket. Make sure there
is sufficient air circulation across the CPU fan heatsink.
10. Connect the CPU fan’s cable connector to the CPU fan
connector on the system board.
