David, isn't that universal retention mechanism a throwback to the steam
age?  It requires some good pulling to get the CPU out even without the
mechanism.  Since your mobo is already dead, and since there are at least a
few different URM's that I've seen, it is hard to describe the removal
process. Besides that, it is almost necessary to use brute force even if
they provide a picture with instructions. I assume they are plastic arms
with little plastic retention plugs that stick out the bottom of your dead
mobo.  It would be OK to pry them off the board or simply bend the arms back
away from the CPU until they break off (the mobo IS dead, right).  Then
you'll need to get a good grip on the CPU (use a wrist strap for grounding
yourself or touch the chassis of your computer, and make sure the mobo is
resting on the anti-static mat your new one came with), hold the dead mobo
down, pull hard to get it out.

Your new slot 1 mobo needs to support your CPU and your FSB.  Not all slot
1's will support all slot 1 processors.  I have a slot 1 PIII 800 EB CPU.  I
found these two mobos that I was interested in: 1. Asus P3V4X supports
PII/PIII, FSB 66, 100, 133, ATA 66; 2)Tyan Trinity 400 S1854 has similar
stats but isn't in my opinion as good as the Asus mobo. When you find the
one you want, go to the manufacturers web site to check on supported CPU's
and memory.  If you haven't done that, be sure to read the manual that comes
with the board to check on that before you try to plug anything in and/or
install it.



Listers,

If you have been following the posts about my system crash, you are aware
by now that I have to get a new mobo.

So, my questions are as follows:

1.      Will any Slot 1 motherboard work with a PIII Slot 1 processor?

2.      Can anybody tell me how to get the d**m processor out of that Slot 1
contraption?
It is in something the Gibabyte motherboard manual calls a "universal
retention mechanism & attach mount."

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