Is there a difference between the two? I have just bought a new AMD Duron 700 and it is a socket A processor. I have looked on auction sites for a mainboard to go with this but boards I have found for amd processors have been classed as slot A. I'm Confused.
Thanks in advance D

The difference is between the older Slot A socket, designed to take Athlon chips, and the new Socket A, designed to take Duron and the new Thunderbird Athlon chips.
In other words, you'll have to get a Socket A board. I'd avoid auction sites too and buy it brand new from a reputable dealer -- to much can go wrong, such as bad handling, to buy a motherboard any other way.

Gigbyte makes some pretty good boards for AMD processors. They have one with CL sound that is not to bad. We have used these boards with anything from 600 durons to 1000 t-birds.

Sorry, that is Gigabyte not Gigbyte. I should proof before I post a message.