Click to See Complete Forum and Search --> : p4 motherboards run p3 chips?
yourname
June 16th, 2003, 10:43 PM
Wondering if a pentium 3 chip will run on a motherboard advertised as a p4 chip motherboard.
thank you
MrLinus
June 16th, 2003, 10:44 PM
Don't believe so. Different form factor IIRC.
bballad
June 16th, 2003, 11:20 PM
MsMittens you are correct. There are a number of other reasons but the diffrent form factor is a main one. (diffrent Bios, diffrent bus speed, ect ect)
allenb1963
June 17th, 2003, 05:34 AM
Yup...all of the above are correct....when you jump a generation you will usually find the total number of pins ont the CPU increase as well as the orientation of said pins. Head over to www.pricewatch.com and find yourself a nicely priced P4 m/b and CPU combo. Best prices ont the net, bar none!
Robdav007
June 21st, 2003, 01:47 AM
Yeah all above is corrert and the fact that the ZIF (zero insertion force) socket will be the wrong size and will ovbiously have the incorrect number of pins. And I must be honest prices for P4 chips are ok really at the moment. Get yourself off to a computer fair.
Robert Davison