Chips, Slots and sockets

[Admanus Rex]

Recently I have come across Slot 1, Slot 2, Slot A, Socket 7, Socket 370, FC PGA, PPGA.

I know Slot A (Athlon) and Slot 1, but is Socket 370 the same as PPGA and FC PGA and what the hell is Slot 2?

Nice to know that no-one is following the KISS principle.

[wtp]

Slot 2 is used for those big *** Intel PIII Xeons. Have you seen those, they are hella big. They are used for servers, and mainly used in businesses. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

wtp http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Admanus Rex]

Thanks, that's a start. Yeah, know of xeons but never played with one. We had a couple of Netfinity Servers go through but never looked inside one.

[LJE2]

PPGA is the same as socket 370, FCPGA is the same pin configuration as socket 370 but not always electrically compatable. Socket 7 is the old Pentium and AMD K5 & K6 series pin configuration