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Introduction This Intel® Pentium® III Processor Installation Insert provides information for installing the Pentium III processor upgrade into your 120Le system. Read this procedure in its entirety before performing the installation to become familiar with the items in this upgrade and the sequence of steps you will perform.
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4. To remove the front door, open it and lift the door and pull it towards you (see Figure 2). The mounting pins of the front door are disengaged from the mounting holes on the front of the system. Figure 2. Removing the Front Door 120Le Pentium III Processor Installation...
2. Using the indentation on the side of the panel, slide the side panel toward the front of the system. This unlocks the locking fingers behind the side panel. 3. Pull the side panel out and away from the chassis (Figure 3). Figure 3. Removing the Left Side Panel 120Le Pentium III Processor Installation 5...
3. Position the processor over its ZIF socket so the processor pins align with the socket holes. Note that one corner of the processor has three pins that should be positioned over the corner of the socket that has the three matching pin holes. See Figure 5, A. 120Le Pentium III Processor Installation...
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The processor should easily fit, do not force the processor into the socket. 5. Lower the ZIF socket lever into the locked position. See Figure 6. Figure 6. Installing the Processor 120Le Pentium III Processor Installation 7...
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In the next step, the heat sink must be gently lowered onto the processor, being careful not to move the heat sink from side to side. 120Le Pentium III Processor Installation...
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Plastic part Heat sink Lever L-Shaped groove Plastic part L-Shaped groove Lever (shaded area) L-Shaped groove Lever Side View Top View Figure 8. Positioning the Heat Sink Clip 120Le Pentium III Processor Installation 9...
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10. Attach the small end of the heat sink clip to the tab located on the base of the ZIF socket. See Figure 9, A. Figure 9. Positioning the Heat Sink Clip. 120Le Pentium III Processor Installation...
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Figure 11. Installing the VRM Board 13. Record the processor part number in the equipment log. 120Le Pentium III Processor Installation 11...
See Figure 2. Slide the lower mounting pin into its mounting hole and then slide in the upper pin. 2. Close and lock the front door. 3. Plug in the system power cord, and turn on the system. 120Le Pentium III Processor Installation...
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5. Press Q when the target scope appears, and select shutdown to power off the system. 6. Double check to ensure the thermal pad and the heat sink were installed correctly. Correct problems as necessary. Then proceed to Step 7. 120Le Pentium III Processor Installation 13...
6. Return to the Advanced Menu. 7. Select “Advanced.” The Advanced Submenu displays. 8. Select “Reset Configuration Data” and change this setting to “Yes”. 9. Exit BIOS Setup saving the change made in this procedure. Your system reboots. 120Le Pentium III Processor Installation...
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8. Click on Driver. 9. Click on Update Driver. 10. Follow Update Device Driver Wizard Steps to update the ACPI Multi- processor PC. Novell Netware 1. Edit NetWare setting files to load the multi-processor module. 120Le Pentium III Processor Installation 15...