Socket 462 is a motherboard with a CPU socket for AMD processors. It uses the microATX form factor and supports CPUs from Athlon, Duron, Sempron, and Geode NX. It has 462-pin holes arranged in a PGA layout and includes other components such as DIMM sockets, SATA/IDE interfaces, PCI/AGP slots, Ethernet/audio drivers, and VGA output.
A Socket 462 motherboard is a motherboard that features a Central Processing Unit (CPU) socket from the semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) called Socket 462 or Socket A. This is a socket that also physically supports an AMD processor or CPU. how it connects it with motherboard for data transmission. Functioning as the “heart” of a personal computer (PC), the Socket 462 motherboard also contains many other essential components. It uses the microATX (Advanced Technology eXtended) form factor, which has a maximum size standard of 9.6 square inches (244 square mm) and a minimum size standard of 6.75 square inches (171.45 square mm). Motherboard manufacturers include ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated (ASUS), Micro-Star International (MSI), and Hewlett-Packard (HP).
AMD introduced Socket 462 in 2000 for the entries of four of its processor brands. We are talking about Athlon, which was the company’s flagship brand at the time; Duron, which was AMD’s low-budget chip; Sempron, who succeeded Duron in 2004; and the integrated Geode NX system. Operating over a voltage range of 1 to 2.05 volts (V), the socket on the Socket 462 motherboard supports CPUs from the brands mentioned above which combine for a processing speed range of 650 to 2.333 megahertz (MHz). Supported data rates are 200, 266, 333, and 400 megatransfers per second (MT/s). This translates into 200, 266, 333 and 400 million transfers per second.
Socket 462 gets its name from its 462-pin holes, which house the processor pins. These are arranged in a neat four row layout on a 2.2 x 2.58 inch (5.59 x 6.55 cm) square shaped substrate, with a section cut out in the centre. This chip form factor is known as a pin grid array (PGA) and comes in two variants, depending on the type of material used to make the structure. Ceramic pin grid array (CPGA) means that it is made of ceramics, while the term organic pin grid array (OPGA) is used for an organic plastic production. A zero insertion force (ZIF) function is included for complete elimination of force when inserting or removing the PC chip.
In addition to the socket, the Socket 462 motherboard has other important components. Dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets are used to store the PC’s random access memory (RAM). SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) and IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) interfaces are used to connect hard drives and optical drives. Peripheral components interconnect (PCI) and accelerated graphics port (AGP) slots act as expansion slots for components such as graphics processing units (GPUs) to enhance the performance or capacity of your PC. Other Socket 462 motherboard features include an Ethernet driver with a registered 45 jack (RJ45) for wired networking, an audio driver with headphone and microphone jacks for audio, and a Video Graphics Array (VGA) output for display of the screen.
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