AMD CPU/socket question

[George Toft]

A friend's motherboard (not an ECS) is dying.  He just bought it last 
July and needs a replacement.  Went to Fry's (\me dodging bullets) and 
the ever-so-helpful mobo sales dude told me the only socket 939 mobos 
they have are crap and they won't be getting any more in.  I love his 
candor.

The AM2 mobos stuff I've seen on the Internet leads me to believe the 
AM2 socket will take a 939 CPU.  Is this true?  Since he has to replace 
the board, he wants to buy something he can use today, and use tomorrow 
when he can buy a dual core CPU.

The poor guy's computer got fried in the monsoons last year, and he had 
to replace the PS and mobo (obviously), and the CPU/memory because he 
could not get a 4 year old mobo for his Intel CPU.  Now his new(ish) 
mobo is dying and he's looking at a new mobo/CPU (and maybe memory) 
again.  I suggested an abit KN8 (bought one for my son for xmas and it 
seems pretty nice).

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
-- 
George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
623-203-1760