Acer Altos G500 manual Removing and installing the CPU, Removing a CPU

48 3 Upgrading your system

Removing and installing the CPU

Your system’s Pentium III processor comes in a FC-PGA 370-pin package. The FC-PGA package is designed for the new breed of sleek, high performance, small form factor PCs.

Your mainboard supports a Pentium III processor running at 933 MHz, 1 GHz, 1.13 GHz and1.26 GHz and future generations of Pentium CPUs on a 100 or 133 MHz system bus.

Caution: Always observe the ESD precautions when installing or removing a system component. Refer to page 33.

Removing a CPU

Follow these steps to remove a CPU:

1Remove the housing panels. See page 36 for more detailed instructions.

2Locate the CPU socket on the mainboard.