The Cpu Retention Module - Elitegroup Computer Systems P6EX-A+ User Manual

P6EX-A+ User's Manual
3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.9

The CPU Retention Module

The Pentium II CPU requires a mounting frame that attaches
to the mainboard to guide the CPU during installation and secure
it to the mainboard. This frame is called the "retention module"
and is supplied with the mainboard. If you received this main-
board installed in a system, the retention module will already be
installed. If you purchased the mainboard to install yourself, you
will need to install the retention module on the mainboard be-
fore you install the board in a system case.
The module package has two parts, the Retention Module
and a CPU heat sink support. The module is simple to install and
does not require tools. To install the module do as follows:
1. Take precautions against static electric discharge before you
start. It is best to have an anti-static surface to place the main-
board on while you work on it and also an anti-static wrist
strap. If you don't have an anti-static surface to work on, place
the board on the anti-static bag it comes in. If you don't have
a wrist-strap (inexpensive and available at electronics stores),
try to touch something metal, perhaps the system case, before
you touch the mainboard.
2. The module slides over the Slot 1 CPU slot. You have to ori-
ent it correctly for it to sit flat on the mainboard. Look at the
left end of the slot (as in the mainboard illustration in Section
1). There is an orientation foot on the slot that slides into the
orientation notch on the retention module. Look at the mod-
ule and find the notch. Orient the module to the CPU slot.
3. Slide the retention module over the CPU slot. If you have it
oriented correctly it will slide on easily and sit flat on the board.
The mounting pins at the module corners should fit over the
mounting holes in the mainboard.