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I have an old Dell with a Pentium II Intel 400 MHz chip which I want to
upgrade. I have an Intel Centrium 1200 MHz chip . I was wondering if the form factor changed on the motherboard since then. Would it fit? As it is, I am annoyed that the from factor changed for my AMD chip Socket A-462 from the Intel lineage? |
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Your computer's older BIOS is incompatible with that fast of a CPU. I
believe you are limited to a PII 500MHz, if my memory serves me right. -- DaveW ---------------- "Deodiaus" wrote in message ups.com... I have an old Dell with a Pentium II Intel 400 MHz chip which I want to upgrade. I have an Intel Centrium 1200 MHz chip . I was wondering if the form factor changed on the motherboard since then. Would it fit? As it is, I am annoyed that the from factor changed for my AMD chip Socket A-462 from the Intel lineage? |
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On 12 Oct 2006 15:25:48 -0700, "Deodiaus"
wrote: I have an old Dell with a Pentium II Intel 400 MHz chip which I want to upgrade. It's a slot 1, so at the very least you need a slotket adapter. If that slotket adapter doesn't have a voltage control (jumpers) on it, you'd need yet another adapter mounted on the slotket adapter. Further after a certain point, your board bios (versions) will cause the board to stop during post, because it can't ID the CPU. I have an Intel Centrium 1200 MHz chip . Celeron, Tualatin type at 1.2GHz? I was wondering if the form factor changed on the motherboard since then. Would it fit? Nope you need the adapters as mentioned above, AND the right bios. As it is, I am annoyed that the from factor changed for my AMD chip Socket A-462 from the Intel lineage? That's just how it goes, they can't predict far enough in advance what their next, next architecture will use and AMD can't just use Intel's designs unless they are willing to share. |
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Hey thanks a lot for you guys previous messages.
I also found a PIII 500 MHz computer in storage. I was thinking of pulling out the P2 chip and putting the P3 in the laptop, but think the bios might have problems with that as well? Not only that, but the heat sink on the P3 is huge. Thank goodness for EBay. Even though I get a lousy price when selling my mechandise. |
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On 12 Oct 2006 21:17:39 -0700, "Deodiaus"
wrote: Hey thanks a lot for you guys previous messages. I also found a PIII 500 MHz computer in storage. I was thinking of pulling out the P2 chip and putting the P3 in the laptop, Laptop? You seem to have failed to mention this crucial detail. but think the bios might have problems with that as well? Possibly, you could check on a bios update and try to determine if later models of same notebook platform ever shipping with that processor. |
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DELL Dimension XPS M233s ATX
I see that Dell still makes the Dimension, but not the XPS kony wrote: Possibly, you could check on a bios update and try to determine if later models of same notebook platform ever shipping with that processor. |
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sorry, wrong model
My laptop is the DELL Latitude CP M233ST Model No PPL kony wrote: Possibly, you could check on a bios update and try to determine if later models of same notebook platform ever shipping with that processor. |
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The odds of fitting a desktop processor into a laptop of that era are very
slim. And from the Dell website (http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...icroprocessor), the Latitude CP M233ST had a Pentium, not a Pentium II. So the odds were just reduced again. I think you're SOL. Clint "Deodiaus" wrote in message ups.com... sorry, wrong model My laptop is the DELL Latitude CP M233ST Model No PPL kony wrote: Possibly, you could check on a bios update and try to determine if later models of same notebook platform ever shipping with that processor. |
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dell inspiron 2200
I have a dell inspiron 2200. I was thinking of upgrading the memory
from 512 MB to the max possible. Dells web site offers a 1 GB memory, saying that it fits just one memory module. http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...sku=A0743 531 Is it possible to go higher? Does any 200-pin SODIMM memory work? BTW, does it make sense to upgrade the processor? I saw a 3.2 GHz celeron for $30 at tigerdirect.com today. What processor do you recommend? I was thinking of an Intel non celeron, getting the L2 cache back. |
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I thought you said you had a Dell Latitude CP M233ST? In fact, I know you
did, because that's what the post I replied to said. As far as memory goes, go to www.crucial.com, locate whatever machine you have, and it will tell you what kind of memory you need. Not all 200-pin SODIMM memory will work. For example, you can get 200-pin DDR2 SODIMM memory. What do you do with your laptop (what programs, games, whatever)? How many applications do you typically have open? Your machine will require a mobile processor, so if this (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...?EdpNo=1649469) is the processor you were looking at, you're SOL, because that's a desktop processor, designed to fit in a desktop motherboard. My gut feel: upgrading the processor is a waste of time and money. You won't notice much of a performance difference, IMHO. Upgrading the memory MAY be worthwhile, depending on what software you run, and if your system is constantly swapping because you don't have enough physical memory. At this point, I don't know what you're looking at swapping into what, or what machines you actually have to play with. You'ved talked about trying to replace a P2 400MHz processor with a Centrium(whatever that is) 1200MHz, or (I think) a P3 500MHz. Then you posted about having a Latitude CP M233ST, which had a Pentium (not 2 or 3) 233MHz processor. And now you're talking about an Inspiron 2200, and popping in a 3.2GHz Celeron. My advise, start over from scratch, identify what you've got, and what you want to accomplish. Realize that there's a big difference between laptops and desktops, especially when talking about processors, RAM, and hard drives. Oh yeah, and video cards, motherboards, network cards, and pretty much everything else. But start fresh. You're all over the place, and you're not going to get much useful advice until you can give useful information. Given your current situation, you might be better off picking up a new Inspiron E1505 or something similar. $700 right now will get you a dual core 1.66GHz processor (don't let the speed fool you, that will blow the doors off your current system), 1GB RAM, 60GB 5400 rpm drive. Then sell the old system for whatever you can get. By the time you combine that with whatever you would have spent for a new processor and RAM (and you not getting a laptop processor for $30, I'm pretty sure), you'd probably come out ahead on the deal. Wait for the right sale, and you'll almost definately come out ahead. If you're interested in the Dell's, check out the alt.sys.pc-clone.dell newsgroup as well. They'll be much more aware of current US pricing for different models than I am (I'm up in Canada, and haven't been following the lower end laptops much). Good luck! Clint "Deodiaus" wrote in message oups.com... I have a dell inspiron 2200. I was thinking of upgrading the memory from 512 MB to the max possible. Dells web site offers a 1 GB memory, saying that it fits just one memory module. http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...sku=A0743 531 Is it possible to go higher? Does any 200-pin SODIMM memory work? BTW, does it make sense to upgrade the processor? I saw a 3.2 GHz celeron for $30 at tigerdirect.com today. What processor do you recommend? I was thinking of an Intel non celeron, getting the L2 cache back. |
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