I want my Slocket-A!!!

[Rectalfier]

 

[PliotronX]

That Dire Straits song comes to mind.... hehe

 

[medic]

NMC who showed the world that adapter is still working on it....

Quote from their webpage:

Slot A is dead, long live Socket A. Stop, not quite so fast. On one hand we have Slot-A-Tbirds which are running fine (until now) with KX133-boards. On the other > hand there should be an adapter solution. Is there ? NMCPE is the only Motherboard Manufacturer who actively issues up-to-date statements of the Slotket situation (including possible availability). NMC PE proudly presents the first Photo of a Slotket. This seems to be the only available sample world-wide. Unfortunately, we can not yet publish any Slotket success stories. There are massive problems in designing a Slotket Solution for KX133- and Irongate. We are now in close co-operation with an excellent Taiwanese adapter company. Together we will do anything to find an Adapter Solution for all owners of SlotA-Boards. Currently we believe that it is highly probable, that a functional Slotket will soon be developed for Irongate owners. Alas we can not yet give a similar prognosis for the KX133-plattform. NMCPE will continue working on these adapters so that we can present "our" customers with a Solution. NMCPE will promote any, positive or negative, news about the coming Slotket.

 

[Rectalfier]

Man I really want it bad! With all this talk about T-birds and Durons, I feel left out with my K7M. Somebody give us a solution now!

 

[medic]

Ya I know how you feel, I have the K7M also....and did consider a converter or buying a SocketA board and T-Bird combo...but I figure the Asus DDR A7M266 will be here in a month or two and by then I'll have saved up for a nice T-Bird and DDR ram to replace my "OLD" 500.

 

[Rudee]

Yeah, and wouldn't it be a shame to waste your money on DDR motherboards and memory and get only an extra 10fps in Quake3.

It could happen so don't get your hopes up.

 

[NicColt]

Pliotronx are you ribbing us man ---> 386SX/25@33||512KB RAM||10MB HD||5.25" FDD||14" .35dpi||Trident VLB 256KB||2bps ECC doohicky||Windows 2000 Professional


Just wondering, I've seen weird stuff before but.... you never know.


Nic

 

[Rectalfier]

Anyone heard anything new on slocket-A?

I refuse to upgrade a motherboard I bought 8 months ago.

 

[jpprod]

Rectalflier: Why not just get a Slot-A Tbird? It should work fine on K7M plus it's easier to overclock than it's Socket counterpart.

 

[Adul]

255 with shipping for kt7 and duron 600. Damn I wish i had the cash now.

 

[Rectalfier]

I want to make sure I get a part from Dresden, I think the slot-a t-birds are from Austin.

 

[Deeko]

I have a TBird 800 running in my K7M, it works great.

 

[Deeko]

And at this point, getting a copper or an aluminum TBird doesn't make a whole lot of difference.

 

[jpprod]

Indeed, even according to AMD the aluminium and copper parts are the same, at least when it comes down to heat dissipation. I believe you'll have to opt for a really fast Tbird (900-1000mhz) if you want to get a copper one.

I've also heard that all 1000mhz Tbirds are Dresden-made, aren't there 1000mhz Slot-A models floating around as well?

 

[Remnant2]

Jerry Sanders (AMD's CEO) has stated that almost all 1ghz Athlons are Dresden-copper, and all 1.1ghz and up will be.

 

[DaddyG]

Hardocp had a photo of a Slotket converter from Leufkins, it was covered by a waterblock so you couldn't see much.

 

[Rectalfier]

Man, I will buy a slocket-A along with a Duron and a T-bird the very day one comes out. There is a market for this, why has nobody delivered yet?

 

[Howard]

I don't know if this concerns anything, but ASUS released the K7V-T which officially supports Thunderbird processors.