On Monday, January 17, 2000 12:47 PM,  "Walter R. Worth"
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> On Monday, January 17, 2000 12:22 PM, "Russ Poffenberger"
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > "Walter R. Worth" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > On Monday, January 17, 2000 10:17 AM,  "Conor McNessa"
> > > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > What form factor is the ASUS P3B-F? Is it ATX? Are all modern
> motherboards
> > > > ATX?
> > > >
> > >
> > > ATX vs. AT:  These two terms refer to form factor or overall design of
a
> > > system. You must select the components that belong to either the ATX
or
> the
> > > AT form. Remember the CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the determining
> > > component the
> > > decides whether you are using an ATX or AT form. Basically, if you
> choose
> > > either an Intel Pentium II, III or the AMD K7 Athlon CPU's you must
use
> an
> > > ATX motherboard and case. Intel Celeron CPU's come as slot 1(ATX) or a
> > > socket 370 (motherboards are available as AT or ATX). All other CPU's
> use an
> > > AT motherboard and case. HTH. :-)
> >
> > In reality, the CPU doesn't care a bit if it is AT, ATX, or some other
> form
> > factor.
>
 Russ -- thanks for pointing this out. "Most" of the info that I have
researched "makes" no mention of this fact and in most cases, only an
"engineer" would know that. :-) IMHO, since the ATX style is (becoming) the
newest and most popular form factor for modern PC's, some therboard
designers are using  this form factor as a result. :-)

 Walter R. Worth
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