On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Jon Pennington wrote: jp> On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 21:56:59 -0700 (PDT), S.Toms wrote: jp> jp> > What exactly are the characteristic differences between these two jp> boards? Anyone know, The Slot A is for the new AMD Athlon chips and we all jp> know what the Slot 1 is for. But can a Slot A chip (Athlon) plug into a Slot jp> 1 board? It looks like it could and I havn't come across anything that jp> explicitly says, "No stupid, you can't." :) jp> jp> No, stupid, you can't :). They are similar in design, yes. As a matter of jp> fact, you can (from what I've read, mostly crack-head authors, though) place jp> an Athlon in a Slot 1 board. Architecturally (pin-out wise) they are jp> totally different. Slot A is actually a 200mhz FSB design, slowed down to jp> 100 and 133mhz, and Slot 1 is a 66mhz design that's been sped up to 100 and jp> 133 mhz. Slot 1 is an Intel design, Slot A is an Alpha design. jp> Ok, now that makes sense, I didn't think it could be plugged in, but I have yet to come across any literature stating that fact. Didn't know that the Slot A was at 200MHz and slowed down, thought it was the same as the Slot 1. Thanks for the clarification. :) -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - http://www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.2+ - Kernel 2.2.11 "What do you give a man who has everything?" the pretty teenager asked her mother. "Encouragement, dear," she replied. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/