fcpga and ppga

[tranka32]

I have a simple question,, what is the difference when talking about celerons and pIII's,, concerning the flip chip pin grid array,, and the plastic pin grid array,, I want to upgrade my girlfriends cpu,, it's and asus meb-vm,, states it will accept any ppga,, I've looked and still don't really understand,, any help would be appreciated,, I don't mind reading so if you have a link that would be fine,, thanks,,,

[tranka32]

will somebody,, please give me a shout,,, I'm sorry if this question is so stupid it doesn't deserve an answer.. but I am serious.. thanks.. tranka

[Rugor]

The ppga was the first socket 370 form factor that Intel introduced. Only Celerons up to 533MHz used it. It was replaced with fcpga where the cpu die is physically inverted in the casing. Because of this even though they use the same physical socket they have a different pinout and early mobos for ppga cannot accept fcpga processors. Some of the later S370 boards can accept both.

Anyway you cannot put a 533A or faster Celeron in it or a P3.

Sorry about the bad news.

[tranka32]

thank you rugor,, for enlightening me on that,, I thought the 533 was my limit,,, I don't like the hp,, anyway,, but she bought it,, and doesn't want to get a new one yet,, maybe i'll give her mine when I build my new system... I can't build it soon enough,, once again thanks... now I know,, !!!!!!!!