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More info?)
Paul,
Thanks for the clarification. Appreciate your input.
GR
"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> In article <buWpc.31073$Lm3.26366@lakeread04>, "GRNews" <grnews@cox.net>
wrote:
>
> > I am upgrading and got the above MB. The MB (from newegg) says P4C800E-D
> > Canterwood.
> >
> > - What is canterwood and what is the significance of this ?
>
> That is the Intel internal codename for that particular Northbridge.
> The 875P is the part number. No real significance. Just another
> dual channel Northbridge.
>
> >
> > - The user guide shipped with MB shows bios options that are not
actually
> > available in the BIOS setup; for example, the CPU ration setting in the
> > advanced CPU configuration menu?.
>
> There are locked and unlocked processors. The unlocked desktop
> processors are typically marked on top "Engineering Sample" or ES.
> With an ES installed, the CPU ratio option would be available.
> If is possible with a Mobile processor installed, that the CPU
> ratio option is available as well (don't remember all the details).
> Retail desktop processors are generally locked. (Exceptions to the
> rule are in the server domain, as it appears Xeon processors support
> changing the multiplier to lower values if you want. A PC-DL is
> an example of an 875P motherboard that supports using dual
> Xeon processors.)
>
> >
> > - THe MB reviison is 2.00. Is this the later revision?.
> >
> > Thanks for clarifying this.
> >
> > GR
>
> Not really sure. It could be that P4C800 Deluxe was the
> revision 1 stream, and the P4C800-E Deluxe is the revision 2
> stream. Other than user anecdotes, I don't know if there is a
> way to identify all the revisions, short of doing some
> searching on the forums of abxzone.com. Motherboard manufacturers
> generally don't want to encourage "cherry picking" of their
> boards, for obvious reasons. (That is why, when I bought my
> last Asus mobo, I had my local store open the box, so I could
> verify I was getting the revision I wanted
I'm not aware
> of any issues with revisions of your board, so it should be
> safe to buy.
>
> I think some early boards from the original P4C800 had issues
> with a solder blob on the bottom of the board, underneath the
> plastic reinforcement for the CPU socket. That was a long time
> ago, and unless you are buying used, you won't find any of those
> at retail.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
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