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01-31-04, 03:57 PM
I was thinking about the socket platform, and started thinking about how the CPU could be modded for better cooling (going to use socket-7 as an example, since I do have some socket-7 parts laying around). Somewhere along this thought I came up with a strange idea - why not mount the cpu in another location, like the top of a case, and run wires from the second (external) socket down to the motherboard socket? I thought about that for a moment and came up with a few potential problems:
-Crosstalk
-physical distance = performance hit
-where to mount the cpu socket?
-what wire layout (combined with crosstalk issue)
-motherboard socket interface
So let's pretend for a moment that we don't care about a performance hit. That leaves a gaping concern for crosstalk. To fix that, maybe a series of ribbon (IDE or SCSI) cables could be used, with every other conductor being grounded, so crosstalk (and maybe some external noise) would hopefully be eliminated.
Ok, so with noise "hopefully" taken care of and wire layout out of the way, the problem comes to how I will connect the cpu to the motherboard. Two methods come to mind:
-solder wires to the contact points on the cpu (pain in the ass)
-find an adapter of some sort with an easier solution
I saw a socket-7 to socket-5 adapter at work somewhere, so I'll look for it again, it maybe easier to solder on than a plain cpu. From there a cpu can be dropped in hopefully.
At the other end of the cables, how could one interface a socket on the motherboard without sticking wire-after-wire into the socket holes, one at a time? One thing I thought of here would be to take a winchip, which normally has a green PCB under the cpu (and is easily removed), and make a plug-in module for the socket. This would greatly simplify trying to get the cpu interfaced properly.
I'm open to ideas, and if this has been done before, I'd like to see a link :). If this has never worked, but has been tried, let me know so I don't waste my time and effort on it without results plz!
-Crosstalk
-physical distance = performance hit
-where to mount the cpu socket?
-what wire layout (combined with crosstalk issue)
-motherboard socket interface
So let's pretend for a moment that we don't care about a performance hit. That leaves a gaping concern for crosstalk. To fix that, maybe a series of ribbon (IDE or SCSI) cables could be used, with every other conductor being grounded, so crosstalk (and maybe some external noise) would hopefully be eliminated.
Ok, so with noise "hopefully" taken care of and wire layout out of the way, the problem comes to how I will connect the cpu to the motherboard. Two methods come to mind:
-solder wires to the contact points on the cpu (pain in the ass)
-find an adapter of some sort with an easier solution
I saw a socket-7 to socket-5 adapter at work somewhere, so I'll look for it again, it maybe easier to solder on than a plain cpu. From there a cpu can be dropped in hopefully.
At the other end of the cables, how could one interface a socket on the motherboard without sticking wire-after-wire into the socket holes, one at a time? One thing I thought of here would be to take a winchip, which normally has a green PCB under the cpu (and is easily removed), and make a plug-in module for the socket. This would greatly simplify trying to get the cpu interfaced properly.
I'm open to ideas, and if this has been done before, I'd like to see a link :). If this has never worked, but has been tried, let me know so I don't waste my time and effort on it without results plz!