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Joe · 01-01-2002, 12:33 AM

man I find that hard to believem that someone has done that.

I have Never seen a board that didnt send traces past that area. I have owned alot of socket 7 boards too... I mean I dont think they can avoid that area. Since trace length is so critical, the shortest route from the chipset to the pins farthest away from it is going through the socket area.

Also there are power planes on the different layers of the mobo that you can tell from the top or bottom if something is running past there.

01-01-2002, 12:33 AM	#9
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	man I find that hard to believem that someone has done that. I have Never seen a board that didnt send traces past that area. I have owned alot of socket 7 boards too... I mean I dont think they can avoid that area. Since trace length is so critical, the shortest route from the chipset to the pins farthest away from it is going through the socket area. Also there are power planes on the different layers of the mobo that you can tell from the top or bottom if something is running past there. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.