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All this talk of socketed CPUs made me curious, so using some notes that Wes Byrne (byrne@austin.asc.slb.com) posted to this list a couple of months ago, I opened up my 360Cs to see if its processor is socketed. I didn't disassemble the individual circuit boards, but I did take it apart far enough to convince myself that the 360 CPU is not socketed. I'd be surprised if the 755 processors are, either, unless their internal design is significantly different than the 360 -- there just doesn't appear to be enough space for a socket (at least, not unless low profile sockets exist). BTW, Wes reported that the processor on his 750 is also surface mount soldered. Finally, to tie this in to an earlier thread, I did this exploratory surgery while washing a load of diapers. I can confirm that small children are fascinated by ThinkPad keyboards :-) -- Tim Tyhurst tim@excelsior.com