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Socket 7 was introduced by Intel for it's Pentium 133 - 200 MHz processors and for Pentium MMX processor family. The major feature of the new socket was support for dual plane voltage - the socket could supply different voltages to processor core and I/O logic. At the same time, the socket 7 was backward compatible with socket 5, and it was possible to run older (single voltage) processors in socket 7 motherboards. For their next generation of processors Intel chose different socket type - slot 1, and completely abandoned socket 7. Luckily, Intel competitors continued to support socket 7 architecture, and they even enhanced it by creating a "Super socket 7" specification by adding support for 100 MHz bus frequency, backside L2 cache and frontside L3 cache.
Socket 7 has 321 pin holes arranged as 37 x 37 pin matrix. The socket has the same size as the Socket 5, but the socket 5 has only 320 pin holes. The extra pin on socket 7 processors is not electrically connected and it's main purpose is to prevent socket 7 processors to be inserted into socket 5 motherboards. Supported processorsAMD K5 (75 MHz - 200 MHz) Compatible package types296-pin staggered Plastic Pin Grid Array (PPGA) Upgrading socket 7 motherboardsAlthough many socket7 microprocessors will fit into your motherboard, not all of them may be supported by the board. To determine the fastest processor for your motherboard you'll need to:
For upgrade information for ABIT, ASrock, ASUS, DFI, ECS, Gigabyte Technology, Jetway, MSI, PC Chips and Shuttle motherboards please check CPU-Upgrade motherboard database.
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