At 08:05 PM 8/4/01 -0400, Mark Fraleigh wrote the following:
> I have a question with regards to motherboards. Can someone tell me what
>the difference is between Slot1, socket 370, socket7, supersocket7 etc. I
>know it has been probably asked before.
Generally speaking, each change in CPU requires a different socket. The
number of pins on the face of the CPU and the voltage changes between each
version of a CPU. In addition, AMD and Intel have diverged since about the
Pentium II so each companies CPU requires a different CPU socket.
CPU Socket Chart
http://users.erols.com/chare/sockets.htm
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Gerry Boyd
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