At 16:16 03/13/01, Dr. Dean Kukral wrote:
>At 3:24 03/11/01, Bill Nussbaumer wrote:
> > I just installed a 500Mhz Pentium 3 Slot 1 into an Abit
> > BH6 motherboard. The processor retention mechanism that
> > came with the board doesn't hold this processor in place
> > (i.e it's as if I just installed the processor with no
> > retention mechanism at all)...Is a retention
> > mechanism for slot 1 processors essential?
>
>I, too, have had problems with my last two upgrades to P3.
>While the P2 brackets worked great, the P3 did not work at
>all...Both of my computers now have their processors just
>hanging there!...So far I have had no problems. One
>of the processors is a P3 300, bought when it first
>came out, so it is several years old.

You can look around for what's called a "Universal
Retention Mechanism". You can get them from various
vendors for a dollar or two each. (You'd probably pay more
than the cost of the "URM" just for the shipping.) It can
however be difficult getting the old retention mechanism
off the motherboard. As long as you don't move your
computers around too much and subject them to rough
treatment (as in shipping them), the processors should
stay in place without any retention mechanism (unless
of course you are using a humungous heat sink on the CPU).

Regards,
Bill

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