Compaq Presario 4640 processor upgrade?

My Compaq has a Pentium II 266mhz processor. It has been upgraded to
256mb of ram, new 80gb 7200rpm hd and Windows 2000.

I know new computers are cheap now, but this machine still works great
and I want to keep it.

How fast of a processor will its old mother board handle ( even a 333 or
500 or so mhz upgrade will allow me run new software and hardware) and
what is involved in replacing it other than swapping the two out?

Thank you.

Mike

A 333MHz Pentium II should do it. Possibly a 500 or 533MHz Celeron Socket 370
with a Slotket will work, too... Ben Myers

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:37:08 -0400, Mike wrote:

My Compaq has a Pentium II 266mhz processor. It has been upgraded to
256mb of ram, new 80gb 7200rpm hd and Windows 2000.

I know new computers are cheap now, but this machine still works great
and I want to keep it.

How fast of a processor will its old mother board handle ( even a 333 or
500 or so mhz upgrade will allow me run new software and hardware) and
what is involved in replacing it other than swapping the two out?

Thank you.

Mike

doubt a 440LX chipset will do higher than a 333MHz. processor. The highest
jumper setting on the motherboard is for a 333.
HH

ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote in message
...
A 333MHz Pentium II should do it. Possibly a 500 or 533MHz Celeron Socket
370
with a Slotket will work, too... Ben Myers

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:37:08 -0400, Mike wrote:

My Compaq has a Pentium II 266mhz processor. It has been upgraded to
256mb of ram, new 80gb 7200rpm hd and Windows 2000.

I know new computers are cheap now, but this machine still works great
and I want to keep it.

How fast of a processor will its old mother board handle ( even a 333 or
500 or so mhz upgrade will allow me run new software and hardware) and
what is involved in replacing it other than swapping the two out?

Thank you.

Mike

True. But for those who dare try the slotkets, a Celery 533 is clock-locked and
works at rated speed regardless of mobo jumper or switch settings. As always, a
faster CPU may run into either unanticipated BIOS timing problems and/or failure
of the BIOS to boot when it finds an unexpected CPU type.

In short, a slotket poses some risk, but at today's prices for a slotket and a
Celeron CPU, the combo may be worth a try to crank up the overall speed of a
system. And the oft-maligned Celeron performs respectably with its 128K
internal cache... Ben Myers

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 21:54:20 -0400, "HH" wrote:

doubt a 440LX chipset will do higher than a 333MHz. processor. The highest
jumper setting on the motherboard is for a 333.
HH

ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote in message
...
A 333MHz Pentium II should do it. Possibly a 500 or 533MHz Celeron Socket
370
with a Slotket will work, too... Ben Myers

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:37:08 -0400, Mike wrote:

My Compaq has a Pentium II 266mhz processor. It has been upgraded to
256mb of ram, new 80gb 7200rpm hd and Windows 2000.

I know new computers are cheap now, but this machine still works great
and I want to keep it.

How fast of a processor will its old mother board handle ( even a 333 or
500 or so mhz upgrade will allow me run new software and hardware) and
what is involved in replacing it other than swapping the two out?

Thank you.

Mike

Agreed.
HH

ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote in message
...
True. But for those who dare try the slotkets, a Celery 533 is
clock-locked and
works at rated speed regardless of mobo jumper or switch settings. As
always, a
faster CPU may run into either unanticipated BIOS timing problems and/or
failure
of the BIOS to boot when it finds an unexpected CPU type.

In short, a slotket poses some risk, but at today's prices for a slotket
and a
Celeron CPU, the combo may be worth a try to crank up the overall speed of
a
system. And the oft-maligned Celeron performs respectably with its 128K
internal cache... Ben Myers

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 21:54:20 -0400, "HH" wrote:

doubt a 440LX chipset will do higher than a 333MHz. processor. The
highest
jumper setting on the motherboard is for a 333.
HH

ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote in message
...
A 333MHz Pentium II should do it. Possibly a 500 or 533MHz Celeron
Socket
370
with a Slotket will work, too... Ben Myers

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:37:08 -0400, Mike wrote:

My Compaq has a Pentium II 266mhz processor. It has been upgraded to
256mb of ram, new 80gb 7200rpm hd and Windows 2000.

I know new computers are cheap now, but this machine still works great
and I want to keep it.

How fast of a processor will its old mother board handle ( even a 333
or
500 or so mhz upgrade will allow me run new software and hardware) and
what is involved in replacing it other than swapping the two out?

Thank you.

Mike