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Dual core Pentium 4 won't work on 925 & 915

By Derek Sooman

On March 15, 2005, 12:46 PM

Dual core Pentiums appear to be incompatible with existing 915 and 925 socket 775 motherboards. There is socket compatibility, but if you block one in then it will not work, apparently. Instead, motherboard manufacturers will have to redesign the motherboard in order to make dual core 8xx CPUs work in existing boards. But the chances of this are pretty low.

Early adopters of socket 775 will have to buy a new motherboard based on the 945 or 955 chipset in order to make their new dual core CPU work.

Many won't be happy to replace their motherboards just months after they bought them but they really don’t have any other choice.

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  1. March 15, 2005 2:26 PM
    vfxraven19 said:
    Wow, this sorta makes AMD dual core sound better, as they only needed a bios update for dual core to work...
    Reply
  2. March 15, 2005 2:42 PM
    phantasm66 said:
    Yes, and we did a story about that just recently. All you do need is a BIOS update for the AMD solution.
    Reply

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