Help please, Socket A compatibility?

[Sir Random]

I have 2 socket A mobos (462 pin).
One is a Uwave2 from a Compaq 5000, it takes SDRAM and has an Athlon cpu.
The other is an ASRock K7S41, it takes DDR and has a Sempron CPU.

Can I just put the Sempron cpu in the Compaq mobo to test it? Is there any problem with fsb speeds or different vcores?

 

[Soul Rider]

Probably not, as the FSB of the chips is likely to be very different. If the Athlon chip runs SDRam it's only going to be 100/133 mhz FSB

The sempron board as it is DDR will be 200/266/333/ possibly upto 400mhz FSB. The Athlon chip won't run in the sempron board, but the sempron chip would possibly run in the athlon board, although only at 100/133mhz FSB, but voltages may not be enoguh, probably making it slower than the current Athlon chip thats in there.

Hope this helps.

 

[Sir Random]

Thanks Soul Rider,
I just wanted to find out if the Sempron is working ok, and the Compaq is the only other 'Socket A' mobo I have. I think I'll just bring it to a mate's house to test it, rather than risk damaging it (even though it would be underclocked, I'm wary of vcore differences).