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Just a quick question:

Am I correct in assuming that this is an empty CPU socket?

There is another one, a passive Pentium 2 cooler.

Do some motherboards have multiple CPU sockets?

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Yes, that's a CPU socket, and yes, some motherboards have two CPU sockets.
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That's a weird motherboard that will either support a Socket 370 CPU or a Slot 1 CPU (but not both at the same time!).
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Not that strange, at the time.

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Is there a recognisable serial number anywhere on the motherboard? I'm quite curious about this thing now.
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I'm sorry, but I returned the thing.
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Yes, but it is a very old cpu socket...
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But at least it has a CPU socket. So, you can run NetBSD on it ;)
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Number Theoretic wrote:But at least it has a CPU socket. So, you can run NetBSD on it ;)
Or Ubuntu, actually; it's tolerably functional with as little as 384MB of RAM and it's extremely user-friendly.
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Zaune wrote:Is there a recognisable serial number anywhere on the motherboard? I'm quite curious about this thing now.
Yes there is. Between the left most PCI slots.

It's a Commate P3/370A.

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Wrong board, bud. The second pick is just stock footage of an old mobo, not the board in question. :)
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White Haven wrote:Wrong board, bud. The second pick is just stock footage of an old mobo, not the board in question. :)
um, duh?

I was posting evidence that motherboards having both a Pentium II socket and a Pentium II slot were fairly common back in the day. Posting a picture of the exact same motherboard in question would do absolutely nothing to show that. Posting a picture of an entirely unrelated, but similarly-configured motherboard does show that.

Edit: misinterpreted who you were talking to.

Here's an image of a likely candidate for the OP's motherboard:
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