Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/339/ 2009-01-08T00:01:04-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/339/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2004-02-09T19:14:16-05:00 Andrew Poodle http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/339/#102038 The Presario I'm using has an XP2200 processor... try and find a mobile athlon CPU out there.. I can't...<br /> <br /> papped in more mem, and a bigger HD.. so if I can.. it leaves CPU and video to boost if poss...<br /> <br /> a text/html 2001-09-13T22:33:37-05:00 Joseph Kim http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/339/#2429 I own Sony Vaio PCG-F430 notebook that has PIII 450 in it.<br /> I did most of upgrade except CPU.<br /> <br /> Is it possible to upgrade CPU on this notebook? text/html 2001-09-13T18:52:35-05:00 Jon J http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/339/#2427 I own a <a target="_blank" href="/action/r/http://www.dell.com/">Dell</a> Inspiron 5000 with a 450 Celeron processor. I bought with the thought in the back of my mind that somehow I'd be able to upgrade the processor someday.<br /> <br /> I am aware that there are several different mobile packages that Intel uses. MMC1, MMC2, Micro PGA, etc. At a business where I used to work I saw and spoke to a <a target="_blank" href="/action/r/http://www.dell.com/">Dell</a> certified tech that replaced the mobile processor cartridge. He wasn't very forthcoming about details, but I was convince I could to the upgrade, if I could just get my hands on the mobile cartridge. While I do find listings for Mobile PIIIs online, they list them as MicroPGA processors. However, on Dell's website and all the documentation for my system it only tells me that it has a MMC2 processor package.<br /> <br /> Can I buy a MicroPGA boxed CPU and put it into a MMC2 cartridge?<br /> <br /> If that's the case that would be wonderful. I'm sure I can go to at least 700MHz PIII and possibly a 850MHz PIII with my Inspiron. I should have no problems with BIOS, voltage or cooling requirements as the system was designed to ship anything up to an 850 PIII.<br /> <br /> Could you clear up this matter for me? It would be greatly appreciated.<br /> <br /> Thanks text/html 2001-09-13T07:40:17-05:00 keboman http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/339/#2404 &quot;You don't talk about the damage that could be caused by putting a CPU that dissipates more power into a laptop chassis designed to dissipate less.&quot;<br /> <br /> From the article:<br /> &quot;It simply doesn’t make sense to plug in a Mobile Pentium III at 1GHz if your notebook’s cooling solution can only cope with 700MHz, it’ll quickly overheat and start to display the dreaded BSODs or worse.&quot;<br /> <br /> Kebo<br /> text/html 2001-09-13T07:36:43-05:00 keboman http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/339/#2403 Just do a search for &quot;Mobile P3&quot; on pricewatch. P3-750 mobile, $225..... not too shabby. As for the other stuff, I have no idea. <br /> <br /> Kebo text/html 2001-09-13T07:33:03-05:00 andy grover http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/339/#0 Did you guys actually TRY replacing a Celeron CPU with a Pentium III? Did it actually WORK? FYI Speedstep requires BIOS support. Unless the BIOS supports SpeedStep (which a Celeron's machine wouldn't) things like the SpeedStep Applet won't work.<br /> <br /> Another thing that makes me think you never even tried this is that you don't talk about voltage regulation. If you put a ULV part in for a regular CPU, you're only going to see a power savings if the voltage regulator is modified to deliver a lower Vcc to the CPU. You don't talk about the damage that could be caused by putting a CPU that dissipates more power into a laptop chassis designed to dissipate less.<br /> PLEASE people, do NOT replace the CPU. HD and mem, fine.<br /> <br /> -- Andy<br /> <br /> PS oh yeah, one last point you glossed over - where are people supposed to BUY mobile processors? They're usually only sold to OEMs.