3.HARDWARE SETUP

3.6Central Processing Unit (CPU)

NOTE: The following pictures are provided for reference purposes only. The appearance of your retention mechanism and fan may be different from the following examples.

Your motherboard provides a Slot 1 connector for a Pentium® III processor packaged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC2), a Pentium® II processor packaged in SECC2/SECC, or a Celeron™ processor packaged in a Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP). An ASUS S370 CPU card can allow Socket 370 processors to be used on any ASUS motherboard with the Slot 1 connector (See 7.2 S370 Series CPU Transform Card for instructions on using this card).

Pentium II processor packaged in an SECC with

Pentium III (in an SECC2) with heatsink and fan

heatsink and fan (top view)

NOTE: The SEPP fan (for Celeron processors) is

 

similar to SECC2 fan except that the clamping

 

design is different.

3.6.1 Universal Retention Mechanism

Your motherboard comes preinstalled with a Universal Retention Mechanism (URM). The URM supports Pentium III / II and Celeron processors.

Universal Retention Mechanism (URM)

H/W SETUP

CPU

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