4: Installing The Motherboard
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Completing System Configuration
Once the motherboard is installed in the system housing,
you can proceed to connect or install whatever internal
devices you will use to complete the system. These will
at least include an AGP display card and disk drives.
After that, having replaced the system housing cover, you
can connect external peripherals to complete the process
of preparing the system for use. These will include at
least a video display and a keyboard and probably a point-
ing device. Please see the next chapter for information
on completing these final hardware installation steps and
installing Operating System and support software.
EEB 3.0 Housing
An EEB 3.0 system hous-
ing will have four Reten-
tion Mechanism mounting
standoffs for each CPU
socket. The Retention
Mechanisms mounting
screws screw into the
standoffs instead of a CPU
Backplate.
There are four Retention
Mechanism mounting stand-
offs for each CPU socket on
an EEB 3.0 housing’s mother-
board mounting plate.