Emachines 8220 motherboard

[chrome]

i am going 2 upgrade my motherboard 2 a pci-e compatible 1 but i need 2 salvage anything i can frm the old motherboard starting with the procesor but i dnt no wich cpu socket my motherboard has so i cant get a new motherboard untill i no wich socket it is?

I kno the motherboards name is:
Board: TriGem Computer, Inc. Imperial 1.06
BIOS: Phoenix 6.00 10/07/2003

and the system model is:
eMachines, Inc. Alaska Revision 1.04
Enclosure Type: Other

the procesor is:
pentium 4 2.8Ghz
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

but still i dnt no wich cpu socket i have, ive tried Emachines helplines and live chats and they sent me on sm stpid websites wich only half xplain the question.
Can sm1 plz help me any advice or leads will be a help

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cheers

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by chrome

i am going 2 upgrade my motherboard 2 a pci-e compatible 1 but i need 2 salvage anything i can frm the old motherboard starting with the procesor but i dnt no wich cpu socket my motherboard has so i cant get a new motherboard untill i no wich socket it is?

I kno the motherboards name is:
Board: TriGem Computer, Inc. Imperial 1.06
BIOS: Phoenix 6.00 10/07/2003

and the system model is:
eMachines, Inc. Alaska Revision 1.04
Enclosure Type: Other

the procesor is:
pentium 4 2.8Ghz
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

but still i dnt no wich cpu socket i have, ive tried Emachines helplines and live chats and they sent me on sm stpid websites wich only half xplain the question.
Can sm1 plz help me any advice or leads will be a help

-----------------------------
cheers

heres the link to all your specs on the Trigem Imperial motherboard from emachines http://www.emachine-upgraders.info/d...imperial.shtml

Hope this helps

[chrome]

ive already looked at this site bookworm and they dnt have the same motherboard as mine, my motherboard is the more recent trigem imperial but i no 1 way u could help me get the answer . could u tell me when the LGA775 cpu socket was released ? plz and thank you.

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by chrome

ive already looked at this site bookworm and they dnt have the same motherboard as mine, my motherboard is the more recent trigem imperial but i no 1 way u could help me get the answer . could u tell me when the LGA775 cpu socket was released ? plz and thank you.

Take a look at this, it appears it was June 2004
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1790

Hope this helps

[chrome]

thanks you've just answered my question

[ruralscotland]

I am looking for one of these motherboards as my 8220 has just blown it's board.

Any help appreciated

Allan

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by ruralscotland

I am looking for one of these motherboards as my 8220 has just blown it's board.

Any help appreciated

Allan

Take a look at this site, scroll to eCases Info & Mods in center coloum, http://www.emachine-upgraders.info/

look at case identification, then MoBo info, it will help to decide which MoBo's will fit the case

Hope this helps