Socket 754 processor in a Socket A motherboard?

no you cant they have a different number of pins under the cpus and on the motherboards

they also use different technologies like 754 uses hypertransport and socket A is very old and use conventional FSB system

You can try the following adapter tool, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Socket A is 462 pins, Socket 754, obviously 754 pins. the 754 came out after Socket A. I think there were a few motherboards, like ASRock, that were crossover capable with some sort of adapter, but I can say I never physically saw one. That's as close as they came to "the same motherboard".

OK, so where do I get one of them adapters???? Thanks everyone, I was right, it was a dumb question!!

Don-B

Gee, this thread has turned out to be great fun . Dead weight hammer, clippers, chissels......by the way, does anyone have a line on a blow torch and solder for the extra pins?

No need. Just use Krazy Glue.

Usually, processors designed for one socket won't work in another.

No need. Just use Krazy Glue.

I prefer using a pneumatic brad nailer set at 120 psi....just to make sure they stick

Socket A is 462 pins, Socket 754, obviously 754 pins. the 754 came out after Socket A. I think there were a few motherboards, like ASRock, that were crossover capable with some sort of adapter, but I can say I never physically saw one. That's as close as they came to "the same motherboard".

See....I'm not crazy! (shut up Capt... I can hear you giggling)


http://www.ocworkbench.com/2004/as [...] 880/g1.htm

Click here to view the "Land of the Obsolete"

Holy sh!t; what a laughter.....
....though, looks a quite universal tool; ca I use it to replace my 4200+ with an XE6800?!

actually, for 4200+ to x6800 operation you need to use this (it's quicker and safer)

I did that before.
this is me attaching the adapters

...and this is me mounting the heatsink:

At the risk of posting again and keeping this thread alive , I just wanted to replace a Duron-1100 (pretty sure it's a Duron) with something a little faster. The rest of the box was upgraded a while ago; unfortunately ended up with a socket A motherboard.

The best I could find without gutting the thing was this:

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?i [...] -N&cat=CPU

AMD Athlon XP 2200+ 266MHz 256KB Socket A Processor for $43.99

....worth considering, or not. I wasn't looking for super-box, just something to do some experimenting.

Don-B

use CPU-Z or go to www.pcpitstop.com to identify your motherboard. I think the Duron was a 200 mhz processor and the 2200 is 266 mhz. See if your motherboard will support 266 mhz fsb. there may be a BIOS upgrade that'll let it happen.

If you mix in very fine metal shavings in the Krazy Glue you'll find that they'll conduct even if the fit isn't perfect.

I didn't say anything...

The Sempron brand currently covers 3 chips categories:
- Socket A Athlon XPs have been rebranded Sempron when the Athlon64 came out; the difference between a Sempron and an Athlon on a Socket A is... ink.
- 'current' Socket 754 Sempron64 are single-channel Athlon64 processors with reduced L2 cache. They overclock quite well (my 2600+, which is factory clocked at 1600 MHz, climbs to 2400 MHz with the stock cooler, with no noticeable increase in temperature and with default voltage).
- AM2 Sempron64 are AM2 Athlon64 with reduced L2 cache... but they should use dual channel and C'n'Q for the 1800 MHz+ models (model 1600 MHz may not use C'n'Q - overclocker's friend too?).Unfortunately the high DDR2 latency hits those CPUs quite hard.

Since AMD low-costs CPUs are usually made using completely different masks without artificially reducing performance, while at the same time performance on K7/K8 chips is not really L2 cache-dependant, Duron/Sempron processors are good value overclockers - provided your mobo allows good FSB/HT bus increases.

also consider this:
S754 mombo
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-K8M8MV2
Sempron 2600+ for $27
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=SDA26BX_64

You want him to stop talking mombo jombo or what?

It's not worth getting it. If your getting a 754 CPU then get a 754 motherboard.

Check around. I'm sure there are lots of etailers with a few pallets of 754 motherboards gathering dust who would jump at the chance at getting your $20!

Mombo gan danni jeinon gohdo shach gan nen fohndo gjebu.


Mombo is a real word.
And that phrase reads: Our grandfathers are the rulers of mother earth. our children are their gift of grace.

You got pretty near, actually it's the standard 9.0GHz P4 cooler; the 10GHz cooler is twice that tall

my bad