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Installation Overview
This overview is intended for those with prior
experience installing Sonnet upgrade products or
Macintosh hardware. However, we strongly recom-
mend following the full installation instructions if
this is your first installation of this hardware.
Installing the Encore/ZIF card takes a few easy steps:
1)
Install Mac OS 9.x (only if upgrading as part of
this installation)
2)
If installing an Encore/ZIF G4, install Sonnet
software
3)
Turn off computer
4)
Open computer
5)
Remove heatsink from processor card
6)
Remove processor card from ZIF socket
7)
Install Encore card into ZIF socket
8)
Reattach heatsink onto Encore card
9)
Close computer
10)
Affix the
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label to front
of computer
11)
Turn on your newly upgraded computer
To upgrade to AltiVec-enhanced software,
see Chapter 6
For more complete instructions, follow the installa-
tion procedure outlined in the pages that follow.