Asus P2L97A 3.Central Processing Unit (CPU), CPU, The following items should have been included with your motherboard:

III.INSTALLATION

3.Central Processing Unit (CPU)

The following items should have been included with your motherboard:

Lock Holes	Top Bar
Captive Nut	Pin
	Posts

Base

Attach Mount Bridges	Pentium II Retention	Heatsink Support Base/Top Bar
(Factory Installed)	Mechanism	(for Passive Heatsink)

The following items must be purchased separately from ASUS or a third party vendor:

Intel Pentium II Processor in an SEC Cartridge

(233–333MHz 256/512KB L2 Cache)

AAVID Heatsink

INSTALLATION	CPU
III.

Larger Fin should
be on the bottom.	Heatsink bottom Groove
	for the Support Top Bar
Pentium II Processor Passive Heatsink		Elan Vital Heatsink

The heatsinks shown are only recommendations. Check with your vendor for other compatible heatsinks if you wish. The procedures shown in this manual are for installing the AAVID heatsink with fan. The procedures for installing the Elan Vital heatsink with fan is also similar as that for theAAVID heatsink. The Elan Vital heatsink, however, comes with a lever to clamp the heatsink into the SEC cartridge. Mount the heatsink in the orientation shown then flip the lever from “Unlock” to “Lock.”

WARNING! Be sure that sufficient air circulation is available across the processor’s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working. Without sufficient circulation, the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard. You may install an auxiliary fan, if necessary.

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