4-8 Upgrading Your System
Replacing a Pentium Processor
This subsection provides the procedures for replacing (removing/installing) a
Pentium II Processor or Pentium III Processor in your system. The procedures
cover upgrading and configuring the Pentium II Processor in your system. The
system board has sockets for two processors. Each Pentium II processor is
packaged in a Single Edge Contact (S.E.C.) Cartridge and each Pentium III
processor is packaged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge Version2 (SECC2).
The cartridge includes the processor core with an integrated 16 KB primary (L1)
cache; the secondary (L2) cache; a thermal plate, and a back cover. The primary
processor connector is shown at (A) in the illustration below. The secondary
processor connector is shown at (B).
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CAUTION
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage components;
place them on an antistatic surface. Modify the system board
using an antistatic wrist strap attached to chassis ground.
Replacing the Pentium II Processor
A
B