Motherboards?

[Alan23]

Okay, maybe this has been covered before but no one has ever been able to spell this one out for me. Whats the deal with the different types of motherboards. There's slot 1, socket 370, socket A, socket 7, etc. What does that mean? I have a socket 370 now running my Intel celron chip. Can I replace that with a socket A or 7 board? Does it matter as long as the chip fits? If anyone can shed some light on this for me or toss in a link to site that deals with this question, that would make my day!

Thanks.

[boran_blok]

kind of wrong forum but i'll answer anyway...

your intel celeron sockey 370 will not run on the socket A because the sockey A uses another amount of pin receptors and pin alignment, socket A is used for duron and athlon FCPGA processors (FCPGA : FlipChip Pin Grid Array)

I tought that socket 370's where used for Celerons (and PIII's but dunno for sure bout that)

the slot 1 us used for pentium II processors

slot A is used for the "old" athlon processors that came in a slot format

You cannot change motherboard to a non 370 socket and still run yer processor on it (there are special slotket cards to run your celeron in a slot 1 mobo but not on slot A or socket A platforms because these are from a different chip manufacturer (AMD)

I hope this has cleared things up a bit

[d2]

Hey Alan23,

Every CPU fits into a certain category, ie socket 370, socket 1, socket 7, etc. The category depends on the physical layout of the pins that the CPU has to connect to the motherboard.

For example,
AMD K6-2 and K6-3 are Socket 7 CPUs. Intel Celerons and some P3s are Socket 370. The K6 and the Intel are not interchangable because they have a different number of pins and their physical layout are different.

"Does it matter as long as the chip fits?" That's the key.

It's like having a 6 bolt pattern on your truck rims. You can only put that rim on a 6 bolt hub. If you want to use that rim (CPU) on a different hub (motherboard) you need to find an adapter (slot to socket adapter - slocket). Not usually worth the hassle, but sometimes it can be.

I hope this helps and is somewhat clear. Try going to www.asus.com.tw (http://www.asus.com.tw) and browsing through the different motherboard categories and take a close look at the pictures. You will see an obvious difference between the slot motherboards and the socket motherboards. It is harder to see the differences on just the socket motherboards. The positioning and number of pins is the difference.

[socalgal]

Moved to Motherboards forum . . .