Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:54:57 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: =?unknown-8bit?B?lSCV?= <googl3meister@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 X2 Message-ID: <20050701015457.GC4460@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <8f55402905063018441217c95a@mail.gmail.com> References: <200506290818.j5T8IELL002348@peedub.jennejohn.org> <42C3F72E.9070902@speakeasy.net> <8f55402905063018441217c95a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 11:44:02AM +1000, ? ? wrote: > Page 2 of the second last link has this to say, regarding > compatibility of the X2 chips with existing motherboards: > http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2397&p=2 > "... > On the desktop, the Athlon 64 X2 series is fully compatible with all > Socket-939 motherboards. All you need is a BIOS update and you're > good to go." > > I'd be truly amazed if this was the case for all motherboards, > although it might be in the spec... It really should be that simple. All the external interfaces and pins are the same for Athlon64-939 and Athlon64 X2. They have the same thermal specifications, etc... -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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