What is the CPU slot

CPU slots are mainly divided into sockets, slot these two, is used to install the CPU socket. The current CPU interface is a pin-interface, corresponding to the motherboard on the corresponding slot type. CPU interface type is different, in the number of Jacks, volume, shape changes, so can not be plugged into each other.

Problems

The CPU socket bad contact caused unable to start, CPU as the core part of the computer, the frequency of the failure is relatively low, in many cases, the failure of the processor is due to the motherboard problems caused.

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The CPU needs to connect to the motherboard through an interface to work. After so many years of development of the CPU, the use of the interface has a PIN type, cassette, touch-type, such as pin-type. The current CPU interface is a pin-type interface, corresponding to the motherboard on the corresponding slot type. CPU interface type is different, in the number of Jacks, volume, shape changes, so can not be plugged into each other.

The initial socket 478 interface was the type of interface used for the early Pentium 4 series processors, with a pin number of 478 pins. The Pentium 4 processor area of Socket 478 is small and the pins are very tightly arranged. Intel Corporation's Pentium 4 series and P4 Celeron series all use this interface, the current CPU has been phased out of the market.

However, Intel launched a new socket 478 interface in early 2006, which is a dedicated interface between Intel's core processor core duo and Core Solo, with the early desktop version of the Pentium 4 series socket 478 interface, although the number of pins with 478, but its pin definition and voltage and other important parameters are completely different, so the two are not compatible with each other. As Intel's processors move across the core architecture, there will be more processors in the future with new socket 478 interfaces, such as Celeron M, the upcoming core architecture.

Socket 775, also known as the socket T, is the interface to the CPU currently applied to the Intel LGA775 package, with the LGA775 encapsulated single core Pentium 4, Pentium 4 EE, Celeron D as well as dual-core Pentium D and Pentium EE and other CPUs. Unlike the previous socket 478 interface CPU, the socket 775 interface CPU has no traditional pins at the bottom, instead of 775 contacts, which are not pins but contacts, and transmit signals by contacting 775 contacts in the corresponding socket 775 slot. The socket 775 interface can not only improve the signal strength of the processor, but also increase the processor frequency, and improve the yield of the processor and reduce the production cost. With socket 478 Fading, Socket 775 has become the standard interface for Intel desktop CPUs.

Socket 754 is the CPU interface for the September 2003 AMD64 desktop Platform when it was originally released, with 754 CPU pins and only single channel DDR memory. This interface currently has a low-end model of Athlon 64 for the desktop platform and a high-end model of Sempron, as well as mobile Sempron, mobility Athlon 64, and Turion 64. With AMD's overall shift from 2006 to supporting DDR2 memory, Socket 754 of the desktop platform will gradually be replaced by socket AM2, allowing AMD's desktop processor interface to unify, while the mobile platform socket 754 will gradually be 638 CPU pins , the socket S1 that supports dual channel DDR2 memory is replaced. Socket 754 completes its historical mission at the end of 2007 and is eliminated, and its lifespan is much longer than it once claimed to replace its socket 939.