Upgrading The Cpu; Removing The Pentium Ii Processor - Acer Power 2100 User Manual

4.7

Upgrading the CPU

The board supports a Pentium II processor or a Celeron processor. The Pentium II processor comes in a new
enclosed packaging technology called S.E.C. (Single-Edge Contact) cartridge. The Celeron processor comes in the
Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP), a cost-effective design. The only difference between the two is that the
Pentium II processor comes with a 512 KB built-in second-level cache, while the Celeron processor comes with
either a 128 KB second level cache, or none at all. Both are capable of increasing the performance of 32-bit
software and multimedia applications.
4.7.1

Removing the Pentium II Processor

Before you can replace or upgrade your processor, you need to remove the previously installed processor on the
system board.
Follow these steps to remove the Pentium II processor:
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Observe the ESD precautions when installing or
removing a system component. See section 4.1.1.