Front Side Bus (FSB) Termination Board Assembly
The profusion carrier provides connectors for two processor mezzanine boards. Each board provides four Slot 2 connectors for Pentium III Xeon processors packaged in S.E.C. cartridges. If any Slot 2 connector is depopulated, a termination board assembly must be installed in the connector to properly terminate the signals on the FSB.
For example, if only two slots in a mezzanine board are populated with processors, you need FSB termination board assemblies in the two unpopulated processor slots.
The assembly is a termination board packaged in plastic housing.
Removing a Termination Board
See Figure 53.
1.Observe the safety precautions, warnings, and cautions at the beginning of this chapter.
2.Remove the top cover (see “ Removing the Top Cover” on page 98).
3.Remove the processor holddown bracket and set it aside.
4.Simultaneously rotate the eject/insert levers of the terminator module outward to eject the module out of the Slot 2 connector.
5.Slide the module out of the processor retention bracket slot guides, and place it component- side down on a nonconductive,
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