Dual AMD system from 2004?

[porina]

Looking at old photos for another thread, I came across this and I'm trying to figure out what it is! The file date is June 2004, and filename is "dualamd". I don't remember having a dual AMD system, but here it is, two ThermalTake coolers in place. This would have been before dual-core CPUs were around. The background of the photo is my house so this isn't some random picture I saved.

 

Was it possible to multi-CPU normal AMD CPUs of the era, or did I have to get Opterons? I think I see AMD logo on the southbridge chip. There only appears to be 4 memory slots, so this is not a high end board. The video card looks like a Matrox Mystique with Rainbow Runner on it.

Edited April 19, 2016 by porina
correct name

[PCgamer324]

3 minutes ago, porina said:

Looking at old photos for another thread, I came across this and I'm trying to figure out what it is! The file date is June 2004, and filename is "dualamd". I don't remember having a dual AMD system, but here it is, two ThermalTake coolers in place. This would have been before dual-core CPUs were around. The background of the photo is my house so this isn't some random picture I saved.

 

Was it possible to multi-CPU normal AMD CPUs of the era, or did I have to get Opterons? I think I see AMD logo on the southbridge chip. There only appears to be 4 memory slots, so this is not a high end board. The video card looks like a Matrox Mystique with Rainbow Running on it.

 

From the looks of it you have a dual Athlon XP/MP K7 Socket A 462 32 bit system.  It supports a maximum of 4gb of DDR400 ram and up to dual 2.13ghz single core CPUs.  

[swizeus]

This think pretty old, they still use north and south bridge. I think this is just a normal two socket AMD CPUs. They say dual AMD just means two socket. Can't remember anything at the back of my head, though

[PCgamer324]

do you still have this system around anywhere?

 

[porina]

6 minutes ago, PCgamer324 said:

From the looks of it you have a dual Athlon XP/MP K7 Socket A 462 32 bit system.  It supports a maximum of 4gb of DDR400 ram and up to dual 2.13ghz single core CPUs.  

In a search for that, the Asus A7M266-D seems VERY close in appearance and layout. The 4 pin power connector position doesn't look exactly right in my photo for that mobo, but it could be the camera angle. I really don't recall owning one though...

2 minutes ago, PCgamer324 said:

do you still have this system around anywhere?

 

Nope. I tend to shift systems once they fall beyond a certain performance level, unless I leave it so late no one wants it any more. 

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, swizeus said:

This think pretty old, they still use north and south bridge. I think this is just a normal two socket AMD CPUs. They say dual AMD just means two socket. Can't remember anything at the back of my head, though

You act like North and South bridges are ancient technology? Were you born in 2022? 

[PCgamer324]

1 minute ago, Noire said:

You act like North and South bridges are ancient technology? Were you born in 2022? 

I don't own a single system outside of my laptop that has a unified north/southbridge lmao

[porina]

I'm scanning through the manual for the mobo... it has DIP switches. I can't remember that! It also has lots of jumpers, and those I can remember, even to the point of hoarding certain coloured ones to make it look different.

[SLAYR]

1 hour ago, PCgamer324 said:

I don't own a single system outside of my laptop that has a unified north/southbridge lmao

You probabbly have just had intel systems newer then nehalem then, amd fx series still has a northbridge though.