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Installation EP-6VBA2
Page 3-6
Section 3-3
Installing a Pentium II/III Processor
The EP-6VBA2 uses the Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot for a Pentium
®
II/III
processor packaged in an SEC cartridge. The SEC slot is not compatible with other
non-Pentium ® II/III processors.
Please have ready the following list of components so that we may install the
processor onto the motherboard.
1. Pentium
®
II/III processor heat sink
2. Intel Pentium
®
II/III Processor
OK, now that you have all of your components ready, we can start.
First, please refer to figure 6 below, and follow the direction to lift up the
fixed foldable pentium
®
II/III Retention Mechanism. This pre-installed
device is designed for you to install Pentium
®
II/III CPU more easier and to
avoide any damage on the board due to overtightening the four screws.
One thing must be kept in your mind that please make sure to lift upright the
foldable parts of the Retention module to fit and install CPU properly.
Figure 6
Now we are going to put the heatsink or cooler onto Pentium
®
II/III processor.
Due to the processor is more and more faster in the feature. The power consump-
tion is larger than before processor. We strong recommend a good attach fan
heatsink or cooler onto the processor’s OLGA package become very important.
The Pentium
®
II/III processor may also be offered as Intel
®
boxed processors. The
boxed processor’s fan heatsink requires a +12V power supply. A fan power cable