How To Upgrade To A Boxed Pentium ® Ii Processor; Remove The Installed Processor - Intel SE440BX - Desktop Board Motherboard Product Manual

How to Upgrade to a Boxed Pentium
Use the instructions in this section to prepare the motherboard for a boxed Pentium II processor
upgrade.
To prepare for a boxed Pentium II processor upgrade, in brief you must:
1. Remove the heatsink support top bar and the installed processor.
2. Remove the heatsink support base.
3. Upgrade the processor.
Detailed instructions follow for each of these procedures.

Remove the Installed Processor

To remove the installed processor, follow these steps:
1. Observe the precautions in "Before You Begin" (see page 19).
2. Turn off all peripheral devices connected to the computer. Turn off the computer.
3. Remove the computer cover.
4. Remove the motherboard from the computer chassis. (See "How to Install and Remove the
Motherboard.")
5. Place the motherboard on a flat work surface and remove any components that block access to
the installed processor.
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