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Duo Board for P4-D,3.2,775
Name: langener Date: October 28, 2006 at 07:29:11 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: P4/1000
Comment:
Bought as a Bundle and come to find out later, that the Processor is a DUO but not the Board (MSI PM8PM-V). I can use the Board otherwise, but would like to use the P4 with a DUO Board and SATA. Have one Memory of 1GB to fit that Board. Any Suggestions, and what should I look for not to make the same Mistake?
Name: Badboy Date: October 28, 2006 at 08:18:46 Pacific
Reply:
What CPU did you get?
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Response Number 2
Name: jam Date: October 28, 2006 at 08:24:26 Pacific
Reply:
Did you pair up the CPU & board, or did the place you purchased it from advertise it as a compatible combo? If it was the place you bought it from, contact them...you can't be the only one that got ripped off.
Here's the CPU support list from MSI. You can use it to back up your complaint:
Name: jam Date: October 28, 2006 at 08:25:33 Pacific
Reply:
BTW, that's a horrible board. Return/exchange it if you can.
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Response Number 4
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: October 28, 2006 at 10:54:20 Pacific
Reply:
That processor is a dual core, but NOT a Core Duo. There are no 3.2GHz Core Duo processors and they are not referred to as Pentium-4 D. Double check the mobo specs and the processor - I bet they are compatible.
Michael J
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Response Number 5
Name: jam Date: October 28, 2006 at 13:26:53 Pacific
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"Double check the mobo specs and the processor - I bet they are compatible."
I posted a link to the MSI CPU support chart for that board. Under "Pentium D (65nm, Presler, Dual Core, FSB800, L2 Cache 2x2MB)" it lists NO for the Pentium D 940 (3.2GHz). I assume that's what he has?
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Response Number 6
Name: langener Date: October 29, 2006 at 06:18:15 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks so far. Here is what the Invoice says: Intel Pentium D 840, 3.2 GHz DT , 800 FSB, Socket 775. I did put it together and Windows System does read it as 3.2 GHz. The MSI Board is the Model PM8PM-V (MS-7222)with the Chipset VIA P4M800Pro & VIA VT8237RPlus to fit Pentium 4/Prescott (LGA775). Sorry I should have included all that before.
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Response Number 7
Name: Badboy Date: October 29, 2006 at 19:22:19 Pacific
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