At 05:17 AM 7/20/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>I purchased an ASUS P4S8X P4 Motherboard on Ebay and on the specification
>page it says socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood/Willamette).
>
>on the overview it says it supports Pentium 4 processors up to 2.53ghz and
>beyond
>
>what does the beyond mean? Does it mean that I'd be able to use any of the
>new Pentium 4's that come out?
>
>Also I found some Pentium 4 Northwood processors for sale on the internet.
>
>I would have more to choose from if I didn't have to use
>(Northwood/Willamette.)
>
>Do you think that I only can use that kind or can I use any Pentium 4.

This motherboard uses the SiS 648 chipset. It doesn't support the 'E'
(Prescott), or 'EE' (Extreme Edition) processors.  You can get a list of
which CPU's it supports at this link

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx


Russ Poffenberger
Credence Systems Corp.
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