Farhan said:
i know socket lga775 supports P4, but when i go to market and try to
purchased Intel motherboard dg31pr so i could place P4 on it, they say that
this motherboard does not support P4. Why is it so?
What else a motherboard having lga775 socket needs to support P4?
I assume that if a motherboard have a supported socket for a processor that
processor can be placed/run on that motherboard, isn't it?
Farhan
Sometimes Intel is sneaky, and doesn't list support for stuff they
aren't currently selling. Asus tries to support a wider range
of processors in their motherboards.
But it could just as easily be an issue, like what VRM/VRD spec
for Vcore the thing uses.
Why not use the page that "sgopus" posted, and use its
"Find boards that will work with my processor" function ?
http://processormatch.intel.com/CompDB/
Asus offers a similar page, where you can enter the details of
the processor type, and get a list of compatible motherboards.
( Use "Search CPU using" menu, then select "CPU". )
http://support.asus.com.tw/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
Or, you could go looking on the Asrock site, which hosts some
of the weirder design choices in motherboards. For example,
I use this one, which is pretty cheap. I run a Core2 in it,
but it also accepts a lot of older stuff. They'll continue
making these, until their supply of VIA chipsets runs out.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=4CoreDual-SATA2
http://www.asrock.com/mb/cpu.asp?Model=4CoreDual-SATA2&s=775
If you had mentioned the exact details of the processor,
it would have made picking an example easier. And perhaps
digging up some VRM/VRD info.
Paul