Server MBs

[Bruce Marshall]

On Friday 19 August 2005 12:18 pm, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> I am not trying to run them in the same motherboard. I have selected the
> ATX motherboard and CPU that I want. What confuses me is that the rack
> chassis info say they are for an ATX with a Dual Xeon. I can see that
> they can say they support such a thing. But does that mean this is all
> the rack supports? I thought ATX defined where the connectors are and
> the types of connectors for power and things. The specific CPU should
> not really be a concern of the rack chassis. In fact, I have found some
> manufacturers that say their racks support ATX MB with Xeon, P4 or PIII.
> I think in the other cases (where only Xeon is listed) the manufacturer
> is being lazy or assumes their customers know this support (P4 and all)
> is implied.

Maybe that board doesn't have the power connectors required for a P4, only the 
Xeon.  They are different.