Actually, Sempron is the next "desktop" chip from AMD.  The Athlon/XP 
line is ending, and the Sempron running in Socket/754 is it's 
replacement.  The primary split for AMD for new chip designs is Sempron 
on Socket/754 for value systems and mainstream desktops and Athlon/64 on 
Socket/939 for high-end desktops and professional workstations, the 
current roadmap is at 
(http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_608,00.html).  
Note the almost complete absence of Socket/A designs from the roadmap 
(Sempron on 130nm SOI is Socket/754, Sempron on 130nm is the only 
Socket/A design in the roadmap).

There is no "Centron" processor that I've ever heard of, although Intel 
has a "Celeron" for low-end value systems.

==Joseph++

P.S. Check out the new Turion line of mobile processors they announced 
last month, it's pretty clear that AMD's pushing their 64-bit 
architecture into every level of their product line going forward.  
Ought to be interesting how Intel responds.
(http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_12651,00.html)


Craig White wrote:

>On Sun, 2005-04-03 at 21:11 -0700, Devin Rankin wrote:
>  
>
>>I bought a Fry's special over the weekend.  An ECS  KT600-A with a Sempron 
>>processor.  But I'm having a problem I've never seen before and I was 
>>wondering if anyone out there had seen it before.
>>
>>The issue is that the board itself will boot.  I get a post and a memory 
>>check.  But the hard drive and the CD rom are not powering up.  
>>
>>At first I thought this was a problem with the power supply, so I change it.  
>>But I get the same problem with the second one.  grant it, it is not a new 
>>power supply.    But I can't believe that I have two of them damaged in just 
>>the same way.
>>
>>    
>>
>----
>presuming that you mean Centron processor when you say Sempron...
>
>presuming when you say 'not a new' power supply...
>
>presuming that Centron processor motherboard has two connections from
>the power supply - the long multi-pin connector (probably has a
>designation but I don't know what it is) and a second 4 pin power
>connector. A power supply that is capable of supplying that second
>connection would likely be required - most of the ATX power supplies
>made in the last few years would have them but if you put the
>motherboard into an older case, it likely would not.
>
>Craig
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