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2100/2178ea Video, Processor Or Mainboard Upgrade
Ok, I Think I Know The Answer Is No To This Question Before I Ask It But Here Goes. Is There Any Options To Upgrade A Compaq Presario 2100 (model 2178ea) Apart From Memory? Ideally I'd Like To Upgrade The Amd Xp-m 2500+ Processor. If I Had To, Id Replace The Mainboard But I Think It Could Be A Bit Too Messy For My Liking. I Would Also Consider Overclocking If Its An Option. Finally, (i Know Its Been A Big Ask So Far) If I Could Get Mainboard Diagrams It Would Be Great. -- Eugene Mac Mahon |
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2100/2178ea Video, Processor Or Mainboard Upgrade
First, no overclocking possible with Compaq motherboards.
Second, the mechanical part of the motherboard replacement is the EASY part of the job. Unless it is a Compaq branded motherboard with the same chipset, you will need to do a lot to get Windows working right. Not recommended. Third, a memory upgrade usually provides the best bang for the buck these days. I'll leave to others to comment on the upgrade possibilities with AMD processors... Ben Myers On Fri, 25 May 2007 19:17:13 +0100, Eugene Mac Mahon wrote: Ok, I Think I Know The Answer Is No To This Question Before I Ask It But Here Goes. Is There Any Options To Upgrade A Compaq Presario 2100 (model 2178ea) Apart From Memory? Ideally I'd Like To Upgrade The Amd Xp-m 2500+ Processor. If I Had To, Id Replace The Mainboard But I Think It Could Be A Bit Too Messy For My Liking. I Would Also Consider Overclocking If Its An Option. Finally, (i Know Its Been A Big Ask So Far) If I Could Get Mainboard Diagrams It Would Be Great. |
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2100/2178ea Video, Processor Or Mainboard Upgrade
Right, I'll come clean! What I really want to do is to upgrade this old laptop with the hope of, wait for it, install OS X Tiger on it. Can do it natively with the current processor (and ram but thats easy) and ergo the motherboard and processor upgrade question. Ben Myers;720720 Wrote: First, no overclocking possible with Compaq motherboards. Second, the mechanical part of the motherboard replacement is the EASY part of the job. Unless it is a Compaq branded motherboard with the same chipset, you will need to do a lot to get Windows working right. Not recommended. Third, a memory upgrade usually provides the best bang for the buck these days. I'll leave to others to comment on the upgrade possibilities with AMD processors... Ben Myers On Fri, 25 May 2007 19:17:13 +0100, Eugene Mac Mahon wrote: - Ok, I Think I Know The Answer Is No To This Question Before I Ask It But Here Goes. Is There Any Options To Upgrade A Compaq Presario 2100 (model 2178ea) Apart From Memory? Ideally I'd Like To Upgrade The Amd Xp-m 2500+ Processor. If I Had To, Id Replace The Mainboard But I Think It Could Be A Bit Too Messy For My Liking. I Would Also Consider Overclocking If Its An Option. Finally, (i Know Its Been A Big Ask So Far) If I Could Get Mainboard Diagrams It Would Be Great.- -- Eugene Mac Mahon |
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2100/2178ea Video, Processor Or Mainboard Upgrade
I think that the best you could do would be to replace the Athlon Mobile CPU
with a slightly faster one, and this would have little effect on system performance. A lot of labor involved, too. Maxing out the memory would give the most bang for the buck... Ben Myers On Sat, 26 May 2007 13:03:33 +0100, Eugene Mac Mahon wrote: Right, I'll come clean! What I really want to do is to upgrade this old laptop with the hope of, wait for it, install OS X Tiger on it. Can do it natively with the current processor (and ram but thats easy) and ergo the motherboard and processor upgrade question. Ben Myers;720720 Wrote: First, no overclocking possible with Compaq motherboards. Second, the mechanical part of the motherboard replacement is the EASY part of the job. Unless it is a Compaq branded motherboard with the same chipset, you will need to do a lot to get Windows working right. Not recommended. Third, a memory upgrade usually provides the best bang for the buck these days. I'll leave to others to comment on the upgrade possibilities with AMD processors... Ben Myers On Fri, 25 May 2007 19:17:13 +0100, Eugene Mac Mahon wrote: - Ok, I Think I Know The Answer Is No To This Question Before I Ask It But Here Goes. Is There Any Options To Upgrade A Compaq Presario 2100 (model 2178ea) Apart From Memory? Ideally I'd Like To Upgrade The Amd Xp-m 2500+ Processor. If I Had To, Id Replace The Mainboard But I Think It Could Be A Bit Too Messy For My Liking. I Would Also Consider Overclocking If Its An Option. Finally, (i Know Its Been A Big Ask So Far) If I Could Get Mainboard Diagrams It Would Be Great.- |
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2100/2178ea Video, Processor Or Mainboard Upgrade
On May 26, 5:03 am, Eugene Mac Mahon Eugene.Mac.Mahon.
wrote: Right, I'll come clean! What I really want to do is to upgrade this old laptop with the hope of, wait for it, install OS X Tiger on it. Can do it natively with the current processor (and ram but thats easy) and ergo the motherboard and processor upgrade question. Ben Myers;720720 Wrote: First, no overclocking possible with Compaq motherboards. Second, the mechanical part of the motherboard replacement is the EASY part of the job. Unless it is a Compaq branded motherboard with the same chipset, you will need to do a lot to get Windows working right. Not recommended. Third, a memory upgrade usually provides the best bang for the buck these days. I'll leave to others to comment on the upgrade possibilities with AMD processors... Ben Myers On Fri, 25 May 2007 19:17:13 +0100, Eugene Mac Mahon wrote: - Ok, I Think I Know The Answer Is No To This Question Before I Ask It But Here Goes. Is There Any Options To Upgrade A Compaq Presario 2100 (model 2178ea) Apart From Memory? Ideally I'd Like To Upgrade The Amd Xp-m 2500+ Processor. If I Had To, Id Replace The Mainboard But I Think It Could Be A Bit Too Messy For My Liking. I Would Also Consider Overclocking If Its An Option. Finally, (i Know Its Been A Big Ask So Far) If I Could Get Mainboard Diagrams It Would Be Great.- -- Eugene Mac Mahon Whoa. There's not a lot of help for that, in either mac or PC land. There are more people running Irix, than who are successfully running OSX on a pc. Anyway, here's the best help you are likely to get. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page |
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On May 28, 2:08 am, Eugene Mac Mahon
wrote: The installation of os x of the pc isnt a problem believe it or not, I have that sorted, but, it requires sse2 or sse3 features on the processor which i am aware my processor does not. SO, I said I'd ask the question half knowing the answer was no. However, 1 last question on upgrading. Im now happy enough to replace the mainboard and processor having found the service manual with great detail on dis-assembly on the compaq 2178ea model. Anybody know of a mainboard, processor and ram combination (allowing for at least an sse2 processor) that will fit into my compaq case? Or am I just talkin' crazy? ;721320 Wrote: On May 26, 5:03 am, Eugene Mac Mahon Eugene.Mac.Mahon. wrote:- Right, I'll come clean! What I really want to do is to upgrade this old laptop with the hope of, wait for it, install OS X Tiger on it. Can do it natively with the current processor (and ram but thats easy) and ergo the motherboard and processor upgrade question. Ben Myers;720720 Wrote: - First, no overclocking possible with Compaq motherboards.- - Second, the mechanical part of the motherboard replacement is the EASY part of the job. Unless it is a Compaq branded motherboard with the same chipset, you will need to do a lot to get Windows working right. Not recommended.- - Third, a memory upgrade usually provides the best bang for the buck these days.- - I'll leave to others to comment on the upgrade possibilities with AMD processors... Ben Myers- - On Fri, 25 May 2007 19:17:13 +0100, Eugene Mac Mahon wrote: -- - Ok, I Think I Know The Answer Is No To This Question Before I Ask It But Here Goes. Is There Any Options To Upgrade A Compaq Presario 2100 (model 2178ea) Apart From Memory? Ideally I'd Like To Upgrade The Amd Xp-m 2500+ Processor. If I Had To, Id Replace The Mainboard But I Think It Could Be A Bit Too Messy For My Liking. I Would Also Consider Overclocking If Its An Option. Finally, (i Know Its Been A Big Ask So Far) If I Could Get Mainboard Diagrams It Would Be Great.-- -- Eugene Mac Mahon- Whoa. There's not a lot of help for that, in either mac or PC land. There are more people running Irix, than who are successfully running OSX on a pc. Anyway, here's the best help you are likely to get. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page -- Eugene Mac Mahon Crazy talking, I think.... hardly anybody does replacement motherboards on laptops, and when they do, it's to replace a dead mainboard with a live one of the same model. On a desktop, i wouldn't be so apprehensive, but at a minimum you'll go through a major ordeal, even IF you find a compatable replacement motherboard, which isn't all that likely. Too many variables in a laptop, not only does it have to mount in the case, but the connectors for the screen, keyboard, hard drive, cd, floppy, etc, have to be the same, and the heatsink has to mount properly. And even if it does all fit, then there are potential thermal issues to deal with. This is a nightmare project. |
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2100/2178ea Video, Processor Or Mainboard Upgrade
From my experience servicing successive generations of Dell notebooks, I concur.
A motherboard upgrade would be a nightmare. None of the name brand notebook manufacturers ever thinks about upward compatibility of motherboards, only continued use of the same common hardware parts, and, once in a while, some of the same plastic. But interior connectors and cables are different. If the OP does not have a fast enough computer, he should sell it and buy another... Ben Myers On 28 May 2007 22:58:18 -0700, " wrote: On May 28, 2:08 am, Eugene Mac Mahon wrote: The installation of os x of the pc isnt a problem believe it or not, I have that sorted, but, it requires sse2 or sse3 features on the processor which i am aware my processor does not. SO, I said I'd ask the question half knowing the answer was no. However, 1 last question on upgrading. Im now happy enough to replace the mainboard and processor having found the service manual with great detail on dis-assembly on the compaq 2178ea model. Anybody know of a mainboard, processor and ram combination (allowing for at least an sse2 processor) that will fit into my compaq case? Or am I just talkin' crazy? ;721320 Wrote: On May 26, 5:03 am, Eugene Mac Mahon Eugene.Mac.Mahon. wrote:- Right, I'll come clean! What I really want to do is to upgrade this old laptop with the hope of, wait for it, install OS X Tiger on it. Can do it natively with the current processor (and ram but thats easy) and ergo the motherboard and processor upgrade question. Ben Myers;720720 Wrote: - First, no overclocking possible with Compaq motherboards.- - Second, the mechanical part of the motherboard replacement is the EASY part of the job. Unless it is a Compaq branded motherboard with the same chipset, you will need to do a lot to get Windows working right. Not recommended.- - Third, a memory upgrade usually provides the best bang for the buck these days.- - I'll leave to others to comment on the upgrade possibilities with AMD processors... Ben Myers- - On Fri, 25 May 2007 19:17:13 +0100, Eugene Mac Mahon wrote: -- - Ok, I Think I Know The Answer Is No To This Question Before I Ask It But Here Goes. Is There Any Options To Upgrade A Compaq Presario 2100 (model 2178ea) Apart From Memory? Ideally I'd Like To Upgrade The Amd Xp-m 2500+ Processor. If I Had To, Id Replace The Mainboard But I Think It Could Be A Bit Too Messy For My Liking. I Would Also Consider Overclocking If Its An Option. Finally, (i Know Its Been A Big Ask So Far) If I Could Get Mainboard Diagrams It Would Be Great.-- -- Eugene Mac Mahon- Whoa. There's not a lot of help for that, in either mac or PC land. There are more people running Irix, than who are successfully running OSX on a pc. Anyway, here's the best help you are likely to get. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page -- Eugene Mac Mahon Crazy talking, I think.... hardly anybody does replacement motherboards on laptops, and when they do, it's to replace a dead mainboard with a live one of the same model. On a desktop, i wouldn't be so apprehensive, but at a minimum you'll go through a major ordeal, even IF you find a compatable replacement motherboard, which isn't all that likely. Too many variables in a laptop, not only does it have to mount in the case, but the connectors for the screen, keyboard, hard drive, cd, floppy, etc, have to be the same, and the heatsink has to mount properly. And even if it does all fit, then there are potential thermal issues to deal with. This is a nightmare project. |
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2100/2178ea Video, Processor Or Mainboard Upgrade
I agree with Ben. If you want to run a Mac OS, get a Mac notebook or
desktop. HH "Ben Myers" wrote in message ... From my experience servicing successive generations of Dell notebooks, I concur. A motherboard upgrade would be a nightmare. None of the name brand notebook manufacturers ever thinks about upward compatibility of motherboards, only continued use of the same common hardware parts, and, once in a while, some of the same plastic. But interior connectors and cables are different. If the OP does not have a fast enough computer, he should sell it and buy another... Ben Myers On 28 May 2007 22:58:18 -0700, " wrote: On May 28, 2:08 am, Eugene Mac Mahon wrote: The installation of os x of the pc isnt a problem believe it or not, I have that sorted, but, it requires sse2 or sse3 features on the processor which i am aware my processor does not. SO, I said I'd ask the question half knowing the answer was no. However, 1 last question on upgrading. Im now happy enough to replace the mainboard and processor having found the service manual with great detail on dis-assembly on the compaq 2178ea model. Anybody know of a mainboard, processor and ram combination (allowing for at least an sse2 processor) that will fit into my compaq case? Or am I just talkin' crazy? ;721320 Wrote: On May 26, 5:03 am, Eugene Mac Mahon Eugene.Mac.Mahon. wrote:- Right, I'll come clean! What I really want to do is to upgrade this old laptop with the hope of, wait for it, install OS X Tiger on it. Can do it natively with the current processor (and ram but thats easy) and ergo the motherboard and processor upgrade question. Ben Myers;720720 Wrote: - First, no overclocking possible with Compaq motherboards.- - Second, the mechanical part of the motherboard replacement is the EASY part of the job. Unless it is a Compaq branded motherboard with the same chipset, you will need to do a lot to get Windows working right. Not recommended.- - Third, a memory upgrade usually provides the best bang for the buck these days.- - I'll leave to others to comment on the upgrade possibilities with AMD processors... Ben Myers- - On Fri, 25 May 2007 19:17:13 +0100, Eugene Mac Mahon wrote: -- - Ok, I Think I Know The Answer Is No To This Question Before I Ask It But Here Goes. Is There Any Options To Upgrade A Compaq Presario 2100 (model 2178ea) Apart From Memory? Ideally I'd Like To Upgrade The Amd Xp-m 2500+ Processor. If I Had To, Id Replace The Mainboard But I Think It Could Be A Bit Too Messy For My Liking. I Would Also Consider Overclocking If Its An Option. Finally, (i Know Its Been A Big Ask So Far) If I Could Get Mainboard Diagrams It Would Be Great.-- -- Eugene Mac Mahon- Whoa. There's not a lot of help for that, in either mac or PC land. There are more people running Irix, than who are successfully running OSX on a pc. Anyway, here's the best help you are likely to get. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page -- Eugene Mac Mahon Crazy talking, I think.... hardly anybody does replacement motherboards on laptops, and when they do, it's to replace a dead mainboard with a live one of the same model. On a desktop, i wouldn't be so apprehensive, but at a minimum you'll go through a major ordeal, even IF you find a compatable replacement motherboard, which isn't all that likely. Too many variables in a laptop, not only does it have to mount in the case, but the connectors for the screen, keyboard, hard drive, cd, floppy, etc, have to be the same, and the heatsink has to mount properly. And even if it does all fit, then there are potential thermal issues to deal with. This is a nightmare project. |
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