Socket 940??

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jrusty15

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Could be a stupid question....but....

I have this mobo http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813157081

It's the ASRock 939 dual SATA...but it has an expansion slot for what I believe would be a socket 940 processor? Or at least this is what my roomate thinks. I just wanted to see if anyone had any input on this. Are socket 940 processors something that will happen? If so, how the f*ck does this work?

Thanks!
 
well, i don't see any description on the motherboard saying it supports socket 940....

unless you find a special socket 940 cpu that has 939 pins...
i don't think it will work with socket 940, same with my friend's thoughts.

fade2green514 said:
yea and old fx processors used to use socket 940 as well, like the fx-51 (ABOUT equivilent to a 3400+ clawhammer)
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fx 53 came out with 2 different models, both socket 939, and 940... but they are totally different cpu s...
 
Heya,

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The yellow "Future CPU Port" slot is where the upcoming add on card will connect to the 939Dual-SATA2 motherboard. This daughter card will have both the new AMD Socket M2 and DDR2 DIMM slots as well as possibly a new Northbridge chipset. The latter may not be necessary since the DDR-2 memory controller is expected to be integrated into the processor just as with the current Athlon64 processor; the ULi M1695 Northbridge basically only controls the PCI Express bus
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MOTHERBOARD REVIEW : http://www.pcstats.com/ArtVNL.cfm?articleID=1860

JAN :D
 
socket 940 != socket 939. theyre completely different.
there are no expansions, or converters to make a 939 socket into a 940 socket. (why would you want to??? 939 is slightly newer)
 
whilst the comments so far are true to a point, it should be noted that the amds new M2 is also socket 940, albeit not compatible with the older 940 :)
 
jrusty15 said:
Could be a stupid question....but....

I have this mobo http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813157081

It's the ASRock 939 dual SATA...but it has an expansion slot for what I believe would be a socket 940 processor? Or at least this is what my roomate thinks. I just wanted to see if anyone had any input on this. Are socket 940 processors something that will happen? If so, how the f*ck does this work?

Thanks!
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naw, one's a PCI-E slot and the other is an AGP slot, i believe
 
Ku-sama said:
naw, one's a PCI-E slot and the other is an AGP slot, i believe
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Wrong. read the review:

Future Compatibility
Easily the most attractive feature of the 939Dual-SATA2 is its ability to support Socket M2 when the platform is released. Unfortunately not a lot of information is available but I expect to see something similar to what ECS has done with its PF88 Extreme Hybrid motherboard.
The yellow "Future CPU Port" slot is where the upcoming add on card will connect to the 939Dual-SATA2 motherboard. This daughter card will have both the new AMD Socket M2 and DDR2 DIMM slots as well as possibly a new Northbridge chipset. The latter may not be necessary since the DDR-2 memory controller is expected to be integrated into the processor just as with the current Athlon64 processor; the ULi M1695 Northbridge basically only controls the PCI Express bus.
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Thanks for the info guys. I knew it was some way for the mobo to connect to a new socket type, but had no idea it was this M2 socket. My roomate mentioned 940, so I just assumed.
 
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