Re: Can a 386DX CPU work in a 386SX Motherboard?

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From: John Saunders
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 07:29

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George Karas (georgek@pta.pyramid.com.au) wrote:

> I have a 386SX Motherboard with no CPU and I would like to know if
> a 386DX CPU can be used instead. 

> The motherboard has serial, parallel and IDE ports on board
> with 8 x 30Pin memory sockets so as 386 boards go it seems
> to be quite modern.

I very much doubt it. An SX board is designed with 16 bit data paths
to memory and the chipset, the DX uses 32 bit paths. Unless the board
is specially designed to allow this then you are out of luck.

A number of 16 bit chipsets support both 386SX and 286 but not 386DX.
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Subject: Re: Can a 386DX CPU work in a 386SX Motherboard?
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