Processor help

[JesusPhreak]

Just thought of another question...or rather, the need for a boost in the right direction. At the risk of sounding dumb, can someone direct me to a site that illustrates the different CPU's (old and new) and whether they are slot/socket types and their interfaces. I think I saw a post that said they had to identify by picture the type of processor it was. Want to get my ducks in a row before exam.

Thanks again,
JP

*What color of hair do they put on the driver's license of bald men?

 

[glister]

Check out the Processor comparison table

http://www.computerwriter.com/archives/1997/buyguide97.htm#cpu_table

A+,N+,S+,L+,I+,HTI+,CET,CST,CNST,CFOT,CCNT,ACSP,ISA CCST3

 

[Accessdabbler]

I highly doubt you will get a question asking you to identify a processor by brand, what would be the point?

Besides, the comptia exam is more likely to show you a generic, hand-drawn processor (or motherboard) and ask you to identify something on it.

One question I had was to identify the floppy controller on a motherboard. The drawing made the floppy and IDE controllers look to be about the same size. I obviously know what a floppy controller looks like but I admit I had to scratch my head for a minute or two trying to make sure I had identified the correct controller. I assume I got it right but the exam doesn't tell you when you get an answer right. I couldn't count pins on the controller because they had a bogus number of pins on all the controllers.

The only processor question I remember was which slot/socket a Pentium II CPU used (and today, I don't remember, and don't care!).

 

[JesusPhreak]

Hi Access,

Thanks for your help. However, I didn't mean needing help "identifying" brands but rather what type of cpu it is in the way of if it's a slot 1, socket A, socket 7, etc.

Also, thanks for the link glister, I'm going to check it out now.

Thanks again,
JP

 

[Accessdabbler]

Still, I don't think you'll need to visually answer whether a given CPU is a slot or socket type. They'll usually give you a brand (almost always Intel Pentium-class) and want to know what slot/socket it requires or if you can upgrade it to some other Pentium-class.