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Install Other Hardware
Start installing the essential hardware required to get your system
started.
Install the Processor
This mainboard has a Slot1 processor slot and a Socket-370 processor
socket. You can only install one processor however, so you must choose
what kind of processor to run on this. To choose a processor, you need
to consider the performance requirements of the system and also the
price of the processor. Performance is based on the processor design,
the clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor, and the
quantity of internal cache memory and external cache memory. Higher
clock speeds and larger amounts of cache memory deliver greater
performance.
About Slot1 Processors
You can install two kinds of processor into the Slot1: Pentium-II and
SEPP Celeron. Note that although the Pentium-III also has a Slot1
edge connector, it is not supported by the Intel 810 chipset used on
this mainboard.
Intel Pentium-II
The Pentium –II has a wide range of performance. Pentium-II processors
have shipped with clock speeds of 233 MHz through to 450 MHz.
Currently you might find that stores only stock Pentium-IIs with clock
speeds of 350 MHz and higher. Pentium-IIs with a clock speed of 350
MHz or higher operate over a 100 MHz system bus. Pentium-IIs slower
than 350 MHz operate over a 66 MHz system bus. All Pentium-IIs have
32K of internal cache memory and 512K of external cache memory.
Pentium-IIs are the most powerful, and the most expensive, processors
that you can install on this mainboard.
Intel SEPP Celeron
SEPP stands for Single Edge Processor Package. The SEPP Celeron is
similar to a Pentium-II except that it only has 128K of external cache
memory. The first generation of SEPP Celerons had no external cache
memory at all and ran at 266 MHz. These Celerons do not ship currently
but are still supported by this mainboard. SEPP Celerons are available
with clock speeds of 266 MHz through to 466 MHz. They all operate over
a 66 MHz system bus. The SEPP Celeron is less expensive than a
Pentium-II with the same clock speed.