I ordered the i915GMm-HFS with a Pentium M 740. I was told by my reseller that a previous buyer had problems POSTing with this combination. Intel support claimed that it was due to the retail Pentium M 740 (BX80536GE1733FJ) being a Socket 478 chip vs. Socket 479. I had thought that all Pentium Ms w...

'Socket 479' is a bit of a misnomer as there are actually 478 pins. The pins are layed out differently to the 'normal' Socket 478 and are not compatible.

I upgraded mine ok without reinstalling. Windows XP will detect the second core when you boot up and install the relevant files for it. A further reboot and you'll see the 2 cores listed in device manager. You can download a driver for it from the AMD website. MS now have a patch for people that hav...

Only if you were daft enough to tell them.

That's the MB for me, I've decided.

I little bird told me that we'll see 'em by the end of February/early March and it'll REPLACE the existing EPIA-M models at that time.