On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 21:56:59 -0700 (PDT), S.Toms wrote:
What exactly are the characteristic differences between these two boards? Anyone know, The Slot A is for the new AMD Athlon chips and we all know what the Slot 1 is for. But can a Slot A chip (Athlon) plug into a Slot 1 board? It looks like it could and I havn't come across anything that explicitly says, "No stupid, you can't." :)
No, stupid, you can't :). They are similar in design, yes. As a matter of fact, you can (from what I've read, mostly crack-head authors, though) place an Athlon in a Slot 1 board. Architecturally (pin-out wise) they are totally different. Slot A is actually a 200mhz FSB design, slowed down to 100 and 133mhz, and Slot 1 is a 66mhz design that's been sped up to 100 and 133 mhz. Slot 1 is an Intel design, Slot A is an Alpha design. -- -=|JP|=- (Resident GNUbie) Jon Pennington | SuSE Linux 6.2 -o) super-suser@excite.com | Kernel 2.2.10 /\\ Kansas City, Missouri | AMD K6-III 450 _\_V ________________________________________________________________ Get FREE voicemail, fax and email at http://voicemail.excite.com Talk online at http://voicechat.excite.com -- 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/
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/
As I understand it, Slot A uses the same connector as Slot 1, but it is turned around 180 degrees on the board. This was to allow the slot A manufacturers to use stock parts and cut costs, while making it so that you cannot plug a PII or PIII into it, and visa-versa. The bus is not actually a "slowed down" 200 Mhz bus. It is a 100 Mhz bus that transfers data on the rise and the fall of the clock signal, which provides an effective 200Mhz data throughput. As designed, the bus is scalable to 400Mhz throughput, so in a way I guess you could say it is "slowed down." 8-) Ray Maple "S.Toms" wrote:
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. :)
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