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    Socket P & Socket M

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by MOBARAK ZAYED, Mar 5, 2009.

  1. MOBARAK ZAYED

    MOBARAK ZAYED Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi
    Does A Socket P Cpu Fit In A Socket M ?
    I Mean T7300 ,sla45 Package Does It Fit In Place For T2300 ,sl8vr?
    What Are The Differences Socket P&m ?
    Thank You
     
    MOBARAK ZAYED, Mar 5, 2009
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    A Socket P CPU will not fit nor work if installed on a Socket M motherboard.
     
    namaiki, Mar 5, 2009
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  3. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Socket P will fit into a Socket M motherboard and vice versa, but they won't work, because of the totally different electrical pin-out.

    The T7300 installed in place of the T2300, will result in a dead system (won't boot on powering on).

    Socket P and M have a slightly different Pin-Grid Array (both have 478 pins though) and a different pin-out (due to addition of FSB throttling to Socket P).

    The T7200 is Socket M and is almost similar in specs to the T7300.
     
    Andy, Mar 5, 2009
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Bleh, it doesn't really matter, but a Socket P CPU won't fit into a Socket M motherboard, unless you feel like snapping a pin off. Different pins are missing in the socket.
     
    namaiki, Mar 5, 2009
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  5. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Yeah yeah yeah, my bad. I confused it with Socket 479.
    P and M don't fit each other, they each have one pin-hole at different locations.
     
    Andy, Mar 5, 2009
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  6. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Socket P:

    [​IMG]

    Socket M:

    [​IMG]

    To elaborate on what Andy and Namaiki have said; this is a bit hard to see since one socket is rotated, but in the lower right corner of the Socket P and in the upper right corner of the Socket M, you'll notice two dead pins... which aren't in the same place.
     
    Commander Wolf, Mar 5, 2009
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  7. jakejm79

    jakejm79 Notebook Consultant

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    Maybe this illustrates it better, (hope you don't mind me stealing the pics).
    [​IMG]
     
    jakejm79, Mar 5, 2009
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  8. Pikachu

    Pikachu Notebook Consultant

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    No. Sockets are different.
     
    Pikachu, Mar 5, 2009
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    On the left is a celeron 540 socket P on the right is a celeron 410 socket M [​IMG]
     
    Tippey764, Mar 5, 2009
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  10. MOBARAK ZAYED

    MOBARAK ZAYED Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank You All For Your Concern And Your Time
     
    MOBARAK ZAYED, Mar 5, 2009
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