Installation Of The Pentium Iii Cpu; Installing System Memory - Abit SE6 User Manual

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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, do not despair, you can still attach the spacers to the
mounting holes. Just cut the bottom portion of the spacers (the spacers may be a little hard to cut, so
mind your fingers). 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 as the circuit wire may be too near the hole. Be careful. Do not let the
screw contact the 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 III 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.
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 available from minimum
memory size of 32MB to maximum memory size of 512MB SDRAM.
In order to create a memory array, certain rules must be followed. The following set of rules allows for
optimum configurations.
! The memory array is 64 or 72 bits wide. (Depending on with or without parity)
! Those modules can be populated in any order.
! Supports single and double density DIMMS.
Bank
Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1)
Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2)
Bank 4, 5 (DIMM3)
Generally, installing SDRAM modules to your motherboard is an easy thing to do. You can refer to figure
2-3 to see what a 168-pin PC100 & PC133 SDRAM module looks like.
Figure 2-3 PC100/PC133 Module and Component
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Table 2-1. Valid Memory Configurations
Memory Module
32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 192, 256, 512MB
32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 192, 256, 512MB
32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 192, 256, 512MB
Total System Memory
DIMMs may be "snapped" directly into the socket.
Note: Certain DIMM sockets have minor physical
differences. If your module doesn't seem to fit, please
do not force it into the socket as you may damaged
your memory module or DIMM socket.
The following procedure will show you how to install a
DIMM module into a DIMM socket.
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Total Memory
32MB ~ 512MB
32MB ~ 512MB
32MB ~ 512MB
32MB ~ 512MB