It shouldn't be difficult to determine which way your motherboard should be placed inside your case. All BX boards should have the same layout generally, with some small difference in placement of power connectors.

You may want to put in your new Celeron first onto your board. I don't have a picture of a bare board with the CPU. Hope you can orientate and visualize the position.

There are a couple of things to take note. Do not be too gentle on the Celeron. My first attempt to start up failed was due to the CPU not sitting fully into the slot. If you take a close look at the 'U-shape' at the bottom of the CPU, that MUST not have have any gap when sitting in the slot 1.

The fan that comes with your boxed Celeron is good enough for overclocking. Don't worry about getting better fans.

Other comments : Notice the small brown stick at the bottom touching the CPU ? That is one of the unique features of Chaintech 6BTM. That stick is a CPU temperature sensor, and it gives much more accurate readings of the temperature of your CPU as it is touching it. So far other boards' sensor are flat on the board.

This is more pertinent to the casing. Notice my power supply fan is actually blowing at the CPU ? You may say that this will increase the temperature of the CPU. I've asked that question before but no one can give me an answer. So I took the risk and tried. Actually the heat from the power supply is not very hot. The blast from the strong fan actually feels quite cool to the touch. The temperature of my CPU (not motherboard) hovers around 38 - 41 degrees and the motherboard at 34 - 37 degrees depending on usage. It will be better to get another exhaust fan near that area to suck the hot air out of the case. (Which is what I intend to do)

From this picture, you will also notice that the rams are fitted right in front of the CPU.

You can choose any power cables and plug them into the devices. Your devices should label which way to connect the cables. If not, at least they should label the voltage for which pins. Look at your power supply for the numbers to match the colors. Anyway, if you don't have it, here you are :

Red ---> +5VDC
Yellow ---> +12VDC
White ---> -5VDC
Blue ---> -12VDC
Black ---> GND

Note : Try not to share your power from your fans with your hardisk or CD-Rom.


Check the jumpers. Follow your manual's instructions on what to set.
Now you are almost done. After your last check you can now connect the main bunch of power cables from your power supply to your motherboard. The cables are all bunch up with different colours. Again read your manual ! Make sure you don't insert the wrong way ! It should be able to slot in only in one direction.

Connect your keyboard, mouse, etc first and always leave the main power switch to the last.
Now cross your fingers and turn on the power. If there is no explosion, good. If your PC booted and post your CPU's speed, better. If nothing is moving, or something is moving but don't seem right, don't find me ! Re-check everything again. Remember to unplug the main switch before doing anything.

PC configuration :

Intel Celeron 266 (SL2QG)
Chaintech 6BTM BX Motherboard
32Mb Samsung PC66 SDRAM (...-G10)
ET 6000 2D Card (PCI)
Cardex 3Dfx Voodoo 1 (PCI)
3Com 10/100 Base 3C905TX (PCI)
AWE64 Value (ISA)
CH Gamecard (ISA)
CH F16 Combatstick
TEAC 6X CD-Rom
IBM 1.7 GB HD (3yrs old)
Quantum 3.2 GB HD (2 yrs old)


Wintune 98 results : The first result is for 400MHz and second for 448MHz (dunno why Wintune detect it as 437MHZ)