[Leaplist] LGA775 Mbd question ....

[Carter Manucy]

The board does need to be designed to support this.  I believe you need the 965P northbridge, not 965GM... but I could be wrong there.

Some boards, like the ABit I recently got, actually takes a DUAL +12V CPU connector ... which, of course, requires a power supply that supports that... 

I've had fits recently with Intel-based chipsets and the Core2.  Maybe it's just bad luck, but none of them were stable with Fedora or CentOS.  I ended up with the NVidia chipset before I saw nirvana with the Core2.  

-Carter



----- Original Message -----
From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam at HiWAAY.net>
To: "Linux Group HuntsVegas" <luna-list at luna.huntsville.al.us>
Cc: "Linux Enthusiasts & Professionals" <leaplist at leap-cf.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2007 6:37:55 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: [Leaplist] LGA775 Mbd question ....


 .... I am thinking about building a box using a socket LGA775 mbd, 
specifically a Gigabyte GA-965GM-S2, LGA775 socket, Intel G965 North 
bridge. I downloaded the manual & read most of it. It specifically 
mentions supporting Intel Core 2 Duo CPU's (dual-core). It *doesn't* 
mention the newer Core 2 quad CPU's (quad core, recently a bit cheaper). 
Both CPU's are socket LGA775, appear otherwise compatible, same FSB 
speeds, etc. *Question*: Will this board in fact support the quad-core 
CPU, or are there more details besides just socket to determine that ? 
Thanks in advance.

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	William A. Mahaffey III

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