Well, I tried again with the cardboard and just bore down with the handle end of a screwdriver and they pushed out just fine. Then I had some difficulty getting the new brackets in. And they don't sit flush against the board when the cpu is installed--it pushes them out a little and they lift off …

I looked very closely but do not see any obvious means of fastening other than just friction, so I think you're right. In fact, I've reconsidered my solution. Besides, I don't have any properly sized nuts anyway, and even if I did, it would be hard to get at them with a nut driver. I guess I'll just …

OK, thanks SSTV2. I tried what you said using some corrugated cardboard, but all I hear when I bear down on the brass studs are the little creeks of the motherboard doing things it doesn't want to do. I really think these are fastened to the mobo in some permanent way--perhaps with an adhesive. In …

I have an Intel PD440FX without a slot 1 retention bracket but with the threaded brass studs that come up from under the board and which are used for mounting a retention bracket. I purchased some of those folding slot1 retention brackets on ebay but realized after getting them that they attach …

Well, I guess I'll just pick up a used pii 266 on ebay. They seem to be pretty cheap.

No, it appears this board supports pentium pro (with socket 8 to slot 1 slotket) and early pentium ii only. Certainly no late model p3s.

Yeah, I was pretty confused when I saw it too. The guy selling it didn't know what he had and had it listed as "Slot 1 motherboard." I had to have a close look at his pictures and then do some homework to find out what it was. Finally, I got it for just $30US. It's got a built-in opl3 (onboard sound …

I just picked up a new old stock Intel PD440FX motherboard. I initially wanted to use it with a P2 350 I had around, but after checking the board's manual, it indicates that it supports Pentium II "operating at 233 or 266mhz." I use the quotes because that's the exact wording in the manual. Now I …