AMD64 X2

[David O'Brien]

On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 11:44:02AM +1000, ? ? wrote:
> Page 2 of the second last link has this to say, regarding
> compatibility of the X2 chips with existing motherboards:
> http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2397&p=2
> "...
> On the desktop, the Athlon 64 X2 series is fully compatible with all
> Socket-939 motherboards.  All you need is a BIOS update and you're
> good to go."
> 
> I'd be truly amazed if this was the case for all motherboards,
> although it might be in the spec...

It really should be that simple.  All the external interfaces and pins
are the same for Athlon64-939 and Athlon64 X2.  They have the same
thermal specifications, etc...
 
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-- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)