Microprocessor upgrade steps

Replacing the Processor Chip

Be sure to remove the option card connector board before you follow the steps below to replace your microprocessor; see page 4-18 for instructions.

1.

Use the illustration on page 4-5 to locate the microprocessor.

2.

Ground

yourself by touching the metal surface on the inside

 

of the

computer’s back panel.

Caution

Make sure you ground yourself before you touch the processor chip. Then remain as stationary as possible while you install it. Do not touch the pins on the processor chip. Handle the microprocessor only by the edges of its case.

Installing and Removing Options

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