Hardware installation
The CT-479 is very easy to install. It plugs in like a processor: you need to lift the Socket 478 arms, then plug it in and lower the arm. After placing the Pentium M on the Socket 479 you can lock it with a flat screwdriver.
Then, if necessary, you adjust the jumpers and connect the CT-479 power supply. If you have removed the CPU cooler thermal pad (and we advise you to do so), then you just need to apply a little thermal paste on the processor. After this, you need to place the CPU cooler held together by two fastening devices and locked to the usual Socket 478 retention system.
Initially, only two motherboards were compatible: the P4P800 SE and the P4P800-VM, but recently ASUSTeK has added the P4C800-E Deluxe to the list. In practice, the support of these motherboards isn’t equivalent and other motherboards support the CT-479, as you will see on the following page. Another important point: without an adequate bios, the configuration simply doesn’t boot. While waiting for the motherboards in shops to be sold with the right bios, you need to flash the motherboard bios with a Pentium 4 before the CT-479 installation!
