3. HARDWARE SETUP 3.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) NOTE: The following pictures are provided for reference purposes only. The ap- pearance of your retention mechanism and fan may be different from the following examples. Your motherboard provides a Slot 1 connector for a Pentium ® III processor pack- aged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC2), a Pentium ® II processor pack- aged in SECC2/SECC, or a Celeron™ processor packaged in a Single Edge Proces- sor Package (SEPP). An ASUS S370 Series CPU card can allow Socket 370 proces- sors to be used on any ASUS motherboard with the Slot 1 connector (See 7.2 S370 Series CPU Card for instructions on using this card). CPU 3.
H/W SETUP Pentium II processor packaged in an SECC with heatsink and fan (top view) Pentium III (in an SECC2) with heatsink and fan NOTE: The SEPP fan (for Celeron processors) is similar to SECC2 fan except that the clamping design is different. 3.6.1 Universal Retention Mechanism Your motherboard comes preinstalled with a Universal Retention Mechanism (URM). The URM supports Pentium III / II and Celeron processors. Universal Retention Mechanism (URM) ASUS P3C-E User’s Manual 27