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Socket 939 supports dual-channel RAM, while socket 754 allows only a single memory channel.
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Socket 754 is the first format that AMD released for the AMD 64 ...it only lasted a few months and they came up with 939.
Socket 939 is the current 'De Facto' socket format for AMD and will for a little while as AMD plans to release their new Dual Cores AMD64-X2 processors in that format as well.
If you don't already own a 754 motherboard, go with Socket 939.
Dewm Solo - C# Developer
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Or how do they not work?
Recently I had a problem with 19" Acer LCD where 1/4 of the screen dissappeared at the bottom. (I mean dissapeared no distortion) When the blonde took it to the purchasing shop it worked for them, then it worked back at her office. Two days later the whole screen disapeared. We got them to replace it and have had no problems since.
The tech head said it must be a dry joint.
What does that mean ?
(No MJ jokes please) 
Regardz
Colin J Davies
The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow)
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I believe it means the solder didn't set properly, and as it warms up, the connection is lost.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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Ok that makes sense to me,
which is why the problems are intermitent.
Thx
Regardz
Colin J Davies
The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow)
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ColinDavies wrote:
No MJ jokes please
What does Micheal jackson have to do with it?;)
"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03
"Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" mYkel - 21 Jun '04
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
Honoured as one of The Most Helpful Members of 2004
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Maybe I should have said
"No MJ jokes please and no PJ relies."
Regardz
Colin J Davies
The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow)
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Actually its when a leg of a component goes through the PCB and does not get soldered. This causes the two components to only make a connection due to them touching each other. As a PCB flexes and warms up etc, this can cause the components to move and thus break the connection between them.
Also, they can be affected by vibration.
If you vote me down, my score will only get lower
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Pay for it.
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Pay for what?
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Yes! 
Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is. -- GWB, 1999.
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Intel of course
"Go as far as you can see,and when you get there you’ll see further" - Unknown
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peterchen wrote:
LongHC wrote:
ok.
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Beat me to it - I was going to vote 'Zilog' 
Okay, then I'll nominate Rabbit2000! With Dynamic C or without.;P
"...putting all your eggs in one basket along with your bowling ball and gym clothes only gets you scrambled eggs and an extra laundry day... " - Jeffry J. Brickley
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Absolutely positively AMD.
Farhan Noor Qureshi
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Serious answer? For me, Intel.
It's not that AMD's processors are bad. They're not. They're really good, according to the benchmarks. It's the support chipsets that worry me. I've only ever had bad experiences with VIA chipsets. For me, and people I know, they've always been unreliable. I don't trust nVidia a huge amount either - their video drivers have always been a little unreliable too.
I'll admit that there haven't been too many problems with my Xbox, though, which also uses an nVidia chipset.
Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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I've only had one driver problem, everything else has been fine. i just rolled back to the previous driver since it wasn't an important upudate.
The tigress is here 
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I love AMD! Never had problems with it..
Behind every greak black man...
... is the police. - Conspiracy brother
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AMD. Especially for the new stuff. The opterons are great. Got a bunch of servers and they work like a treat. They spank the Xeon servers we have.
And for home they are excellent as well, as they run cooler than the Intel's.
The benchmarks speak for themselves.
I reckon AMD have about a 2 year lead, but Intel will be back. For now though its an easy choice.
And for those that say the chipsets are not there, what are you on? Even Nvidia is producing chipsets that are for workstations and servers now (2 and 4 way), with Supermicro jumping in with mobo's.
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I know this has been a long time in coming.
This forum is for all discussions involving hardware - CPUs, memory, harddrives, network equipment, toys, gadgets, setting up systems - anything hardware. It's meant to provide a place for those having specific problems to get help. General discussions on cool new gadgets, or news on hardware can still be posted on the Lounge, but straight out "How do I..." questions should stay here.
Enjoy.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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This forum is a neat idea Chris.
Kudos to CP.
Regardz
Colin J Davies
The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow)
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Chris Maunder wrote:
...but straight out "How do I..." questions should stay here.
I'm sorry, but that reads as 'post it the Lounge until such times as enough people know about this forum', at least that's what it says to me.
Are you going to frequent this forum giving your pearls of hardware wisdom gleaned from battle with the servers?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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