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Orincarnia
10-09-2005, 03:25 PM
http://photobucket.com/albums/a141/Orincarnia/?action=view&current=DSC09812.jpg

I've done a lot of searching on google for long brown vertical port, and i have not gotten any answers so far, i even searched through this forum and found nothing but the word agp and i know that can't be it. can anyone tell me what this is? this computer was built in 1998.
Robyr
10-09-2005, 03:52 PM
This is a slot 1 processor slot. Lemmie guess, Intel proc right? asus mobo? In any event, please, dont mess dont mess around in your computer if you dont know what things are... that could end in disaster ;)
Rampax
10-09-2005, 04:34 PM
Wheres your ram? It kinda looks like a ram slot. Im probably totally wrong though.
Robyr
10-09-2005, 04:57 PM
At first i thought the same, but what gives it away is the black rails
the giant black rails are a trademark of the Slot 1 proc slot ;)
Orincarnia
10-09-2005, 05:41 PM
well i've taken my other computers apart and never seen that slot before, and on friday i got a student edition of windows server 2003 so i'm taking the computers my parents were going to throw out (we just got new computers) and hopefully i can have a decent ftp server by the end of the week

and to robyr: how do you learn what things are if you don't break something first? i fried my first computer when i was 13, it was fun!

any suggestions on interesting things i can stick in this slot? or is it just old and obsolete.

i take it back i just found a 1 ghz processor that i'm gonna stick in here!

thanks guys this is awesome. i'll still be around if anyone finds any bigger proc's to put in here!!
Rampax
10-09-2005, 10:14 PM
At first i thought the same, but what gives it away is the black rails
the giant black rails are a trademark of the Slot 1 proc slot ;)

Did you actually try to stick a stick of ram in there? The large black rails may just be a design thing.
Robyr
10-09-2005, 10:25 PM
No, it is a Slot 1 slot, i promise, ECS and its subsidiaries are notorious for putting socket370/slot 1 sockets on their lower end boards. Do NOT try to force ram in there. That is probably either and ECS or a PCChips motherboard.
Orincarnia
10-09-2005, 10:44 PM
well i tried to force some ram in there but theres a petition that isn't consistent with ram so no luck making it a really extravagant ram slot. all i'm seeing is AMCO on the ports, no ECS or PCChips but on the other computer i did see ECS.......but i just killed that motherboard.
Robyr
10-09-2005, 11:10 PM
Do NOT try to force ram in there.

well i tried to force some ram in there

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
JackAxe
10-10-2005, 02:43 AM
*lol* :D

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SamuraiCatJB
10-10-2005, 01:43 PM
http://www.zianet.com/jjustinb/amed003.gif
jjesusfreak01
10-10-2005, 02:36 PM
Sure it aint an AGP port? It kinda looks like one. Obviously, if it doesnt back up to the back of the case (where it would stick out the back of the PC), then it isnt an AGP slot.
SamuraiCatJB
10-10-2005, 03:02 PM
Not AGP, however it could be a precursor to the AGP, VESA was a shortlived video only slot just before AGP was introduced. It was huge.
Tam Hanna
10-10-2005, 03:25 PM
Umph, maybe a cache module. Obviously, the CPU is already in. So, it could either be a MOBO with dual CPU slot optioins(rare IMHO), or some kind of proprietary expansion!
Robyr
10-10-2005, 03:27 PM
no, its a damn slot 1 socket. Christ guys, i promise you that if you take the socket 370 chip out and shove a slot 1 P3 in it, its gonna boot. Just stop wondering what it is, its a slot 1 socket.
SamuraiCatJB
10-10-2005, 04:55 PM
no, its a damn slot 1 socket. Christ guys, i promise you that if you take the socket 370 chip out and shove a slot 1 P3 in it, its gonna boot. Just stop wondering what it is, its a slot 1 socket.

not if it has been killed by trying to force stuff in it....
Cyker
10-10-2005, 05:40 PM
It isn't a Cache slot - You only got those on Super7 and older mobo's.

It isn't an AGP slot. (Wrong position)

It isn't isn't a VESA slot (Totally wrong position, size not even close)

Rob is right, it's a Slot1.

This must be one of those transitional boards, where someone finally beat Intel over the head enough with a Clue Bat that they started phasing out their stupid Slot-based CPUs and went back to good old ZIF sockets.

This dual-architectur thing wasn't that unusual back in those days; I still have a 386 board with a socket for the Maths Co-pro, and a 486 board that has a second Pentium Overdrive socket thingy on it somewheres :D

Alas it seems the Clue Bat neets to be used again judging by Intel's god-awful naming conventions for current CPUs and Sockets...
SamuraiCatJB
10-10-2005, 08:40 PM
actually, dual architecture still occurs. As long as someone buys, there will be a market. There was one at 754 to 939, of course both sockets, still, I saw a transition board, save your memory, save your chip, upgrade the board, and upgrade the chip later. People who partition out their savings for upgrades like the transition boards. cheap gateway to the next series later.
poissonsouriant
10-18-2005, 02:35 PM
Robyr is right, I can post a picture of an old motherboard with a processor plugged in there if you need further proof.
zackepceo
10-19-2005, 02:34 PM
Yes, it's beyond a doubt a slot 1. They're not too terribly useful, as the faster processors were all socket 370.
Jayman
10-29-2005, 01:16 AM
Ahhh, I remember this board .. It's a PCChips motherboard .. Socket 370 and Slot1 this board was designed to run either slot 1 Celeron or Pentium II/III - Also had the socket 370 as an option. This was a transition board that allowed you to run either processor but not both at the same time. Back then you could go from a Slot 1 Celeron to a flash new Pentium III 933 Mhz and not have to buy a new motherboard. This board if I remember correctly did not support anything faster than the 933Mhz Pentium III
neogin
10-29-2005, 07:27 AM
yep Jayman is right .. it looks like .. an intel slot for pentium 2/3 generation ..