Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
New gigabyte ga-73pvm
Name: Lewy Date: February 10, 2009 at 10:44:03 Pacific OS: Windows Vista Subcategory: Intel
Comment:
ga-7a3pvm says it supports my pentium 4 3ghz, but cannot get the cpu to install, do i need a conversion board? or is there some extra pin i need to find to allign the cpu correctly
Name: jam Date: February 10, 2009 at 11:14:25 Pacific
Reply:
Your new board has an LGA 775 socket which means compatible CPUs have no pins. If your CPU actually has pins, it's a socket 478, which means you bought the wrong motherboard. There is no adapter. Either buy a new CPU or exchange the board.
Here's a comparison...old style CPU with pins is on the left, new style without pins in on the right:
Summary: Hello: I’m new to overclocking and maybe I shouldn’t be but the thrill seeker in me dives me forward. I recently built a system using a Gigabyte GA-7ZXE with and Athlon 266 FSB. The system came jum...
Summary: Hi, i just bought some new computer parts to build a new computer and i am so confused. I bought an AMD athlon XP 2200+ CPU, i don't know what the core is because i havn't opened the box yet, i got a ...
Summary: Hi, i own a system as follows: amd2400, corsair 512mb ddr333, geforce 3 ti200, GIgabyte Ga-7vrxp My mobo was one of the first with kt333 and has a feature in bios alowing changes of fsb upto 400 (bus ...
0 
