5-30 Installing Options
3.
Remove the system board to access processor socket.
In a small desktop system, see “Removing the System
Board — Small Desktop.”
In a desktop system, see “Removing the System
Board — Desktop.”
In a minitower system, see “Removing the System
Board — Minitower.”
4.
If the cartridge has a cooling fan, label and unplug the
cooling fan cable from its connector on the system board.
5.
Remove the retaining bar holding the cartridge to the
retention mechanism by simultaneously pressing out on
the tab at each end of the bar while lifting the bar up (see
the following figure).
6.
Grasp each end of the cartridge and carefully pull it out of
its socket and retention mechanism.
Removing the Celeron or Pentium III processor cartridge
A – Retention Mechanism
D – Retaining Bar
B – Tabs
E – System Board
C – Processor Cartridge
