socket lga 775 not enough

[Farhan]

i know socket lga775 supports P4, but when i go to market and try to
purchased Intel motherboard dg31pr so i could place P4 on it, they say that
this motherboard does not support P4. Why is it so?

What else a motherboard having lga775 socket needs to support P4?
I assume that if a motherboard have a supported socket for a processor that
processor can be placed/run on that motherboard, isn't it?


Farhan

 

[Jerry]

i know socket lga775 supports P4, but when i go to market and try to
purchased Intel motherboard dg31pr so i could place P4 on it, they say
that
this motherboard does not support P4. Why is it so?

What else a motherboard having lga775 socket needs to support P4?
I assume that if a motherboard have a supported socket for a processor
that
processor can be placed/run on that motherboard, isn't it?


Farhan

Not all P4's plug into socket 775 boards, there are many that use the socket
478 and some that use the socket 423 so you need to know exactly what type
of P4 you have. You can pick you P4 here
http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?familyId=581 click on it and
find out what type socket you need.

 

[sgopus]

I would imagine it's due to product name, instead of looking for p4 check
this list
of supported cpu's for your MB.

http://processormatch.intel.com/CompDB/SearchResult.aspx?BoardName=DG31PR

 

[Paul]

i know socket lga775 supports P4, but when i go to market and try to
purchased Intel motherboard dg31pr so i could place P4 on it, they say that
this motherboard does not support P4. Why is it so?

What else a motherboard having lga775 socket needs to support P4?
I assume that if a motherboard have a supported socket for a processor that
processor can be placed/run on that motherboard, isn't it?


Farhan

Sometimes Intel is sneaky, and doesn't list support for stuff they
aren't currently selling. Asus tries to support a wider range
of processors in their motherboards.

But it could just as easily be an issue, like what VRM/VRD spec
for Vcore the thing uses.

Why not use the page that "sgopus" posted, and use its
"Find boards that will work with my processor" function ?

http://processormatch.intel.com/CompDB/

Asus offers a similar page, where you can enter the details of
the processor type, and get a list of compatible motherboards.

( Use "Search CPU using" menu, then select "CPU". )

http://support.asus.com.tw/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

Or, you could go looking on the Asrock site, which hosts some
of the weirder design choices in motherboards. For example,
I use this one, which is pretty cheap. I run a Core2 in it,
but it also accepts a lot of older stuff. They'll continue
making these, until their supply of VIA chipsets runs out.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=4CoreDual-SATA2

http://www.asrock.com/mb/cpu.asp?Model=4CoreDual-SATA2&s=775

If you had mentioned the exact details of the processor,
it would have made picking an example easier. And perhaps
digging up some VRM/VRD info.

Paul