At 09:46 AM 9/28/98 , you wrote:
>Greetings PCBUILDers:
>
>I want to buy an inexpensive Celeron CPU (probably a 266MHz for $80)
>and a high quality BX motherboard such as an Asus or Abit model. I
>plan to overclock the Celeron until it dies, by which time the high
>end Pentium II CPUs will have come down in price.
>
>Question: How do I install the Celeron CPU into the Slot One so that
>it is securely fastened and not just hanging out of the slot?
>
>I've built P-IIs so I'm familiar with the brackets for those but I've
>never handled a Celeron, an EX chipset board, or a Celeron cooling
>fan. If there is some sort of retention bracket or such other part,
>please advise of its availability and cost.
>
Just now installed a Celeron  300A on a Abit BH6 board. No problem,
the board is shipped with mounts for the PII and Celeron processors.

Bob Thrasher

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