will a socket am2 (940 pin) processor work in a 939 motherboard

[willfish19]

i have read the the am2 socket has replaced my HP's 939 pin motherboard. and i was wondering will a socket am2 processor work in a its 939 pin motherboard. i looked on newegg and it seems like they really dont have any 939 dual core processors with the specks im looking for. it seems like everything is now socket am2 now. please help.

 

[bryanW1995]

what specs are you looking for? newegg usually has some opteron skt 939's.

here's a few: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...707439&name=Socket+939

you can also search fs/ft and/or ebay.

and no, you can't use an am2 cpu in a skt 939 mobo.

 

[Marty502]

*feels lucky*

I'm pretty positive I've seen Opteron 180 on sale at newegg.com, or buy.com, and they had them in stock.

They were very expensive though.

EDIT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819103582

There you go.

 

[v8envy]

Never mind having more pins than holes, the AM2 CPUs have a memory controller for DDR2. Socket 939 motherboards sport DDR.

Unfortunately there is no viable upgrade path for lost and abandoned socket 939 sufferers.

 

[nanaki333]

anybody know why AMD had to switch to a completely different socket to continue the X2 series? intel seemed to continue just fine with the 775. i know newer chips won't go on older boards, but still...

 

[sgrinavi]

Originally posted by: nanaki333
anybody know why AMD had to switch to a completely different socket to continue the X2 series? intel seemed to continue just fine with the 775. i know newer chips won't go on older boards, but still...

progress??

 

[sutahz]

Originally posted by: nanaki333
anybody know why AMD had to switch to a completely different socket to continue the X2 series? intel seemed to continue just fine with the 775. i know newer chips won't go on older boards, but still...

So w/ the pentium series... why did intel have to change sockets? I mean.. PI, II, III, IV..?

 

[Mondoman]

Originally posted by: nanaki333
anybody know why AMD had to switch to a completely different socket to continue the X2 series? ...

As mentioned, one reason is that since the AMD CPUs have the memory controller onboard, switching from DDR to DDR2 RAM necessitated at least some changes to the socket. Intel CPUs have the memory controller in the north bridge, so the CPU can keep the same socket even while the north bridge is modified to handle DDR2 instead of DDR.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

That changes when Nehalem comes out... RIP Socket LGA 775 (although not yet, we have penryn)

dammit my fingers are numb.

 

[willfish19]

well this processor is in an HP zv6000 laptop. i was wondering if i could just upgrade the motherboard then.

 

[AsusGuy]

If you are thinking about upgrading your laptops motherboard then forget it. You will not be able to upgrade it you will need to buy a new system.