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Installing the Motherboard 2-3

User’s Manual

Note

If the motherboard has mounting holes, but they don’t line up with the holes on the base

and there are no slots to attach the spacers, don’t worry, you can still attach the spacers

to the mounting holes. Just cut the bottom portion of spacers (the spacer may be a little

hard to cut off, so be careful of your hands). In this way you can still attach the

motherboard to the base without worrying about short circuits. Sometimes you may

need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the motherboard PCB surface,

because the circuit wire may be near by the hole. Be careful, don’t let the screw contact

any printed circuit wire or parts on the PCB that are near the fixing hole, otherwise it

may damage the board or cause board malfunctioning.

2-2. Installation of the Pentium

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II/III, Celeron

CPU

The installation method for the CPU is printed on the package of the retention mechanism

that comes with the motherboard. You can refer to it while you install the CPU. This

motherboard also supports the Celeron

PPGA processor. If you want to install the

Celeron

PPGA processor, you have to use an additional adapter that allows you to use a

Celeron

PPGA processor in a slot 1 board. For this ABIT makes the SlotKET

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adapter.

Note:

Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from

your CPU. Failing to install these items may result in overheating and damage of

your CPU.

Please refer to your boxed

processor installation or other documentation attached

with your CPU for detailed installing instructions.

2-3. Installing System Memory

This motherboard provides three 168-pin DIMM sites for memory expansion. The DIMM

sockets support 1Mx64 (8MB), 2Mx64 (16MB), 4Mx64 (32MB), 8Mx64 (64MB), 16Mx64

(128MB), and 32Mx64 (256MB) or double sided DIMM modules. Minimum memory size

is 8MB and maximum memory size is 768MB SDRAM. There are three Memory module

sockets on the system board. (Total six banks)

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