Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:18:46 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Booth <gotee_rustypaws@yahoo.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Is Any Intel Core 2 Core Duo Processors Compatible with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <1392707926.74452.YahooMailNeo@web165003.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
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Hi, I need to replace the CPU in my motherboard and I am planning to install FreeBSD. It appears in the FreeBSD Hardware Notes that Core Duo is not compatible. If none of those processors are compatible, would a Core 2 Extreme Quad Processor work? The motherboard is using an LGA 775 socket and is supposed to support both processors. Thanks, Steve Booth From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 18 07:32:04 2014 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB5B19B2 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:32:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A7B01679 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:32:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.2.117.99]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s1I7VxmE090793 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:31:59 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk s1I7VxmE090793 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1392708719; bh=g0jMgEIGjm8BloWQyE1wL5FjBbeWZSjMdRa5T/67LFY=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; z=Date:=20Tue,=2018=20Feb=202014=2007:31:58=20+0000|From:=20Matthew =20Seaman=20<m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>|To:=20Steve=20Booth= 20<gotee_rustypaws@yahoo.com>,=20=0D=0A=20"freebsd-questions@freeb sd.org"=20<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>|Subject:=20Re:=20Is=20An y=20Intel=20Core=202=20Core=20Duo=20Processors=20Compatible=20with =20FreeBSD?|References:=20<1392707926.74452.YahooMailNeo@web165003 .mail.bf1.yahoo.com>|In-Reply-To:=20<1392707926.74452.YahooMailNeo @web165003.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>; b=snIqLyWIHgIJnRXtBcfGGjCw8/tOgKOPAb3Ad9eIlM/NPAcbzxH31A8N2MMo8RMNw 10qkTRjOgEmpz/3CPzUwGljGGleXLumEnf9uIAGCOB5JsB7jRGJNDePzFCfSFb67oo bxoxnkAKkbWxU8+Hqskrr+YYC4rG/IEABzfpYCKs= Message-ID: <53030C6E.8080208@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:31:58 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Booth <gotee_rustypaws@yahoo.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is Any Intel Core 2 Core Duo Processors Compatible with FreeBSD? References: <1392707926.74452.YahooMailNeo@web165003.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1392707926.74452.YahooMailNeo@web165003.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 OpenPGP: id=E7F39EBF Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Dp7ga2RS7pP05M81rO0D1hFqF3pwsRHcu" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.1 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:32:04 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --Dp7ga2RS7pP05M81rO0D1hFqF3pwsRHcu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 18/02/2014 07:18, Steve Booth wrote: > I need to replace the CPU in my motherboard and I am planning to > install FreeBSD. It appears in the FreeBSD Hardware Notes that Core > Duo is not compatible. If none of those processors are compatible, > would a Core 2 Extreme Quad Processor work? The motherboard is using > an LGA 775 socket and is supposed to support both processors. Ssshh! Don't say that so loud, or my main system might hear you and decide it's incompatible with the Core 2 Duo processor it's been running on for the last several years... lucid-nonsense:~:% grep CPU: /var/run/dmesg.boot CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz (3166.37-MHz K8-class CPU) FreeBSD is compatible with x86 architecture processors put out by Intel or Opteron since around the turn of the millenium, if not earlier. Basically, don't worry about the CPU when spec'ing your system: you are far more likely to have problems with motherboard chipsets and peripheral= s. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 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