Time to mount that Celeron onto the Cooler.
Apply some heatsink compound onto the Celeron. Then screw it to the VEK 12
evenly and not too tight. The Celeron PCB is very easy to warp. Don't forget to
use the non-conductive washers. You don't want to be shorting out your Celeron.
:-)
This is what it looks like when it's
finished. Reattach the fans and you're ready to put the unit into you
motherboard. As for mounting the unit down, you can't use the Celeron clips
anymore because the VEK 12 is too big. I use the old Zip Tie to the slot 1 rail
trick. Put a Zip Tie though the top hole of the Celeron and tie it around the
Slot 1 rail. That will hold it nice and tight. Unfortunately, there is no
matching hole on the other side of the Celeron.
The cost of this conversion was about $10
worth of tools. For those that don't want to do all this work but like the idea
of using a Global Win VEK 12 on your Celeron then you might be in luck.
AMK Services is thinking about selling modify
VEK 12's so they will work with Slot 1 Celerons. Basically you would be buying
what I just built. No pricing is available yet but it should only be a few more
dollars over a normal VEK 12.
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