Installing The Mainboard - Abit IT5E Series User Manual

Installing the Mainboard

Chapter 2
This mainboard series not only provides all standard equipment for
classic personal computers, but also provides great flexibility for meeting
future upgrade demands.
standard equipment and will also present, as completely as possible future
upgrade capabilities.
including P55C with MMX, Cyrix 6x86, 6x86L and AMD-K5 processors
now on the market.
However, we cannot guarantee that the description given in this manual on
the circuitry of your mainboard will work for processors not listed in
Chapter 1. For example, the operating voltage of Cyrix' s next generation
CPUs is unknown at the present time.
these specifications in your motherboard.
information about CPU support when new CPUs arrive on the market.
This chapter is organized according the following features:
ΠStandard external connectors
• Jumpers and switches
Ž Installing the CPU--steps for installing Intel, Cyrix and AMD
processors.
• Installing cache memory--If you don' t want to upgrade the cache
memory you can skip this chapter.
• Installing the system memory.
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Before proceeding with the installation
Before installing the mainboard please be sure to turn off or disconnect
the power supply unit.
configuration of the mainboard, the power supply to any areas of the
mainboard you plan to modify should be turned off to avoid unnecessary
damage to the hardware.
Installing the
Mainboard
This chapter will introduce step by step all the
This mainboard is able to support all Intel Pentium
(For details, see specifications in Chapter 1.)
Before making any modifications to the hardware
Thus we were not able to include
We will supply further
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