Unsupported Pentium slot processor cards

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How common is it to have unsupported P3 processor packages.

I have recently been surprised when I opened a few older PCs to see
that about two-thirds of them did not have any physical support for
the Pentium 3 processor card.

I mean a slot type card with a single edge connector:
http://snipurl.com/53pm

Here is a picture of the support which they didn't have!
http://videolab.gl.farmingdale.edu/comp1/slot1bracket.jpg

I just don't know how these systems have managed to keep going.
The smallest knock plus the weight of the heatsink and fan would
seem to be enough to loosen some of the contacts.

How common is it to find unsupports Pentium 3 cards in PCs?
 
Milmer said:
How common is it to have unsupported P3 processor packages.

I have recently been surprised when I opened a few older PCs to see
that about two-thirds of them did not have any physical support for
the Pentium 3 processor card.

I mean a slot type card with a single edge connector:
http://snipurl.com/53pm

Here is a picture of the support which they didn't have!
http://videolab.gl.farmingdale.edu/comp1/slot1bracket.jpg

I just don't know how these systems have managed to keep going.
The smallest knock plus the weight of the heatsink and fan would
seem to be enough to loosen some of the contacts.

How common is it to find unsupports Pentium 3 cards in PCs?
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Apparantly it's quite common.

I read very recently that in one sample "about two-thirds of them did not
have any physical support for the Pentium 3 processor card"
 
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Milmer said:
How common is it to have unsupported P3 processor packages.

I have recently been surprised when I opened a few older PCs to see
that about two-thirds of them did not have any physical support for
the Pentium 3 processor card.
Click to expand...

I used mine without a support. I suspect it was quite common due to
Intel's inability to stick to a standard for more than a few months at a
time, so that every varaint of P2, Celeron and P3 seemed to need its own
variant of retention mechanism. When I upgraded my P2 to a P3 the old
support didn't fit and I was sent another identical one and two pieces
of plastic which fitted together but not to anything else. I ended up
using it unsupported with no worries because it was a very tight fit in
the slot. It's survived several transplants and relocatiions, and AFAIK
my cousin still uses it now, which means, knowing him, it survived a
road trip from Southampton to S Wales at an average speed of 90mph.
 
Milmer said:
How common is it to have unsupported P3 processor packages.

I have recently been surprised when I opened a few older PCs to see
that about two-thirds of them did not have any physical support for
the Pentium 3 processor card.

I mean a slot type card with a single edge connector:
http://snipurl.com/53pm

Here is a picture of the support which they didn't have!
http://videolab.gl.farmingdale.edu/comp1/slot1bracket.jpg

I just don't know how these systems have managed to keep going.
The smallest knock plus the weight of the heatsink and fan would
seem to be enough to loosen some of the contacts.

How common is it to find unsupports Pentium 3 cards in PCs?
Click to expand...

Pretty common with some people who have somehow managed to land jobs
assembling PCs. I've found a few myself.
 
Milmer said:
How common is it to have unsupported P3 processor packages.

I have recently been surprised when I opened a few older PCs to see
that about two-thirds of them did not have any physical support for
the Pentium 3 processor card.

I mean a slot type card with a single edge connector:
http://snipurl.com/53pm

Here is a picture of the support which they didn't have!
http://videolab.gl.farmingdale.edu/comp1/slot1bracket.jpg

I just don't know how these systems have managed to keep going.
The smallest knock plus the weight of the heatsink and fan would
seem to be enough to loosen some of the contacts.

How common is it to find unsupports Pentium 3 cards in PCs?
Click to expand...

ARAIK, all Slot-1 Pentium II/III motherboards we had set up came
with retention mechanisms. The retention mechanisms differed,
according to the type of Slot-1 processor that was supported. For
the most part, the Pentium III that came with the SECC2 packaging
fit nicely into the URM, which was also supplied independently to
replace the earlier Pentium II SECC packaging. IOW, the brackets
should have been supplied with the motherboards; whether or not
they were actually mounted at the ends of the Slot-1 is debatable.
(And, BTW, some of the SECC2 Pentium III's plugged in so snugly
that a support was not actually needed and there have been reports
of cracked motherboards when attempting to install and/or remove
them.)
 
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