AMD Question

[wolf68k]

I've seen some XP chips listed as just XP and other listed as Mobile XP.
I thought the mobile chips are for laptops and the plain XP chips are for desktops/towers.
Is there a difference?
Can I buy a Mobile XP chip and still use it on a desktop/tower? Or are they just as I thought and only for laptops?

I don't want to spend a bunch of money on a mobile chip and find out it's not going to work on my desktop machine.

Thanks
Stupid question, I'm sure but I'm confused as hell.

 

[o1die]

Mobiles do work in desktops, but aren't recognized by most motherboards. You have to select a motherboard with plenty of multiplier options, such as the abit nf7-s. I set my 2400 mobile at 10x200 at the default voltage of 1.45. Going higher required a premium heatsink, which I didn't want to buy. If you need a three year warranty and don't plan on extreme overclocking, I suggest the barton 2500 for $80. For extreme overclocking, globalwin makes an inexpensive water cooled rig sold at ewiz.com for $65 you might want to checkout. It has one review listed in yahoo.

 

[Shimmishim]

for extreme overclocking, you'd want phase change... not silly little water

but yes... the mobile chips do work in the desktop boards...

like oldie said, the bios won't recognize the chip correctly (usually as unknown cpu type) but will work properly.

the nice things abotu these mobile chips is that they overclock very well or better than their desktop counterparts...

for example desktop 2500+ barton default voltage is 1.65 to run 1.83 ghz
mobile 2500+ barton default voltage is 1.45 to run 1.8X ghz (not sure what the X value is).

 

[wolf68k]

Well I'm not looking to overclock at all.
And my options are very limited, like to an AMD XP 2600+ 266fsb
It's a cheap Jetway V6FP mobo.

But I think I see my answer

Mobiles do work in desktops, but aren't recognized by most motherboards.

Thanks.
I'll stick to the non-mobiles...which also limits my findings, but I don't have to worry about put out cash on a mobile Xp that turns out may or may not work in my system.