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346:Socket 462 of an 800 MHz Athlon CPU
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67:Organic Pin Grid Array
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856:sockets and chipsets
295:zero insertion force
242:zero insertion force
680:"CPU Sockets Chart"
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184:Predecessor
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666:References
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489:Socket 478
485:Socket 423
481:Socket 370
419:(100
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309:Socket 754
302:Socket 370
256:processors
249:CPU socket
238:Socket 462
224:CPU socket
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206:Socket 939
201:Socket 754
119:Processors
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138:Athlon XP
114:1.0–2.05V
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1178:Socket A
753:cite web
714:April 4,
689:April 4,
654:See also
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588:Irongate
552:AMD-751
509:Chipsets
503:crashing
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358:Heatsink
338:EV6 bus.
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234:Socket A
174:Geode NX
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81:Contacts
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61:CPGA
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