The slot design was useful for only one thing--getting the cache closer to
the CPU core so a faster bus could be use. Once cache was integrated into
the die, the need for slots were out.
Slots are...
1. more expensive to manufacture
2. more likely to have a connection failure
3. harder to develop adequate cooling solutions for today's hot processors
4. increase trace length dramatically, which limit bus frequencies
Greg
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:23 AM
Subject: RE: [H] New Intel 775 Pin Motherboards
The only thing that this has going for it is that motherboards are
generally
cheaper then CPUs.
Still don't like it though........While on the subject....was there a
reason
to stop using the slot designs? Seemed like a damn good idea at the time,
although didn't last for long.
Regards,
Jason Tozer
Database Analyst
London
Ext 1131 - 3SC.5
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg Sevart
Sent: 19 September 2005 13:14
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] New Intel 775 Pin Motherboards
I think it is harder to bend pins that are on the motherboard. With the
pins on the CPU it can easily get bumped or dropped on its way from the
box to the socket. Also it is easy for your fingers to bend the pins as
you are holding the CPU if you are not extremely careful and conscious of
how close they are to the edges you are holding. The motherboard (and
CPU)
have plastic protective covers. You do not remove the pins cover from the
motherboard until you are ready to install the CPU. Just as ZIF sockets
means zero insertion force, you use no more than the force of gravity to
pull the CPU down into a recess with 4 walls to align it and keep it in
proper alignment. The CPU has a gold color triangle for proper
orientation. I feel that if you professionally install the CPU with the
same attention to detail that you install CPU's into ZIF sockets, it is
actually easier.
Then you haven't used it enough. While it may seem as though the pins
should
be harder to bend, in reality, they bend extremely easily, and you WILL
DESTROY your socket after a few insertions REGARDLESS of how much care you
take. Read around the web--people that have installed thousands of
processors are finding LGA775 sockets rarely live for more than a handful
of
insertion cycles.
Greg
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