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 Card for instructions on using this card).

SETUP H/W .3 CPU

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)

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