Re: Conroe in stores July 23rd (Core Duo 2)



Paul wrote:

In article <447B97AE.6020707@xxxxxxxxxx>, Barry Watzman
<WatzmanNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What do we know about the Conroe in terms of compatability with existing
motherboards?

I believe that the only current Asus board that even has a remote chance
of running Conroe is the P5WD2-E Premium (because the 975 chipset, as I
understand it, is the only current chipset that will support Conroe).
Is that correct?

However, is it a certainty that the P5WD2-E Premium will run Conroe? My
impression is that it's far from an absolute certainty.

For that matter, do we know for a fact that Conroe is a socket 775 CPU
at all?

I'm looking for as much information as possible.

Xbitlabs has had some info on Conroe. Apparently, the Intel BadAxe
board (975 chipset) has had a modification done to it. Something
like 10 resistors and 2 caps added to the bill of materials.
Thus, if you have a late enough revision of the BadAxe, you get
Conroe support. The theory is, it has something to do with
VRM requirements.

In fact, a variety of boards have been used so far, the wackiest
of which is an LGA775 motherboard with an 865 chipset on it
(old tech). I expect a lot of boards could run a Conroe. One thing
I would want to check into, is whether these old tech solutions
will properly implement all power management features. It could
be that the 865 runs the Conroe at full power (65W) all the time,
which for some people is not such a bad deal (in winter at least).

You could use the search engine on Xbitlabs and find the tidbits
on there. I did a few days back, but didn't take any notes :-)

I'm in the middle of a thunderstorm right now, and I'm having
a bit of trouble with the ADSL. Cannot currently reach Xbitlabs.

Paul

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mainboards/display/20060425175704.html

Paul
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