question on the Dothan

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ive been looking around, and i saw that DFI board. but it says socket 479. And the pentium M says socket 478. are these 2 compatible?

 

[pxc]

Both Pentium-M and P4/P4-M have 478 pins, but one of the pins is keyed differently.

Of course that DFI P-M board is compatible with the P-M.

 

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Both Pentium-M and P4/P4-M have 478 pins, but one of the pins is keyed differently.

Of course that DFI P-M board is compatible with the P-M.

ok thank you.

 

[xonik]

As I understand, the extra "pin" is more of an identifying mark to distinguish the Micro-FCBGA packaging (478-pin) from the Micro-FCPGA packaging (479-pin).

 

[robberbaron]

As I understand, the extra "pin" is more of an identifying mark to distinguish the Micro-FCBGA packaging (478-pin) from the Micro-FCPGA packaging (479-pin).

The BGA packaging is the cpu that's soldered onto the motherboard, right?

 

[xonik]

Nope, not necessarily. However, most north- and southbridges are found in BGA packaging to accomodate their ever-increasing pin counts.

More info on BGA:
http://www.analog.com/processors/productsDataSheets/packagingNumbering/bgaIndex/background.html

 

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i have couple more questions. would this http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-118-114&depa=0 fit on this motherboard? http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-137-057&depa=0

thx, Matt. ooooooo btw, i know your going to say that heatsink is WAY overkill for the dothan, but i want to reach 3GHz.