Installation Of The Pentium Ii/Iii, Celeron Cpu; Installing System Memory - Abit BE6 User Manual

Installing the Motherboard
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 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, 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 adapter.
! 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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PPGA processor. If you want to install the Celeron
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