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Opus-
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:26 am Post subject:
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Hi peoples!
I have a question about my laptop that I would like to ask, if nobody
minds. :-)
I have a 2 year old Toshiba A40 with a 2.6 Celeron chip [my first
laptop]. Yesterday, after I opened the back covers to access the
cooling system for cleaning [it was overheating...found lots of dirt
in the nifty little radiator], I discovered that the CPU was in a
socket as opposed to being soldered in. This surprised me, as I was
led to believe that most laptops don't have removable processors.
My question is, can I replace the Celeron chip with an equivalent
Pentium M chip? The Toshiba web site does not address the subject so I
was wondering if anybody here would know before I spend $500 on a new
chip.
Much thanx in advance.
--
Opus62@gmail.com
(Jim, single dad to Lesleigh [Autistic] 04/20/94)
"What, Me Worry?" A. E. Newman
Please note: All unsolicited e-mail sent to me may, at
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Barry Watzman
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:25 pm Post subject:
Re: Toshiba A40 upgrade question. |
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So far, my attempts to upgrade Toshiba Celeron laptops to full Penitums
have failed, even when it seemed certain to succeed. Case in point,
tried a Celeron 1410 (an older machine). This same machine was sold as
the 2410 with a full Pentium 4, and the service manuals and the
downloadable flash BIOS for the 1410 and 2410 are the same (literally,
the exact same files/documents). Further, Intel makes a series of
Celerons (the ones used in the 1410) and full P4's (used in the 2410) in
the exact same processor family. But you can't upgrade a 1410 to a full
Pentium. Have not been able to find out exactly why for sure, but I
think that the chipsets are slightly different (both are Intel 845
variants, but apparently different variants). When you do the upgrade,
the machine doesn't even post, it just emits a continuous "beeeeeeeeep"
forever.
I was, however, able to upgrade to a faster Celeron.
Opus- wrote:
| Quote: | Hi peoples!
I have a question about my laptop that I would like to ask, if nobody
minds. :-)
I have a 2 year old Toshiba A40 with a 2.6 Celeron chip [my first
laptop]. Yesterday, after I opened the back covers to access the
cooling system for cleaning [it was overheating...found lots of dirt
in the nifty little radiator], I discovered that the CPU was in a
socket as opposed to being soldered in. This surprised me, as I was
led to believe that most laptops don't have removable processors.
My question is, can I replace the Celeron chip with an equivalent
Pentium M chip? The Toshiba web site does not address the subject so I
was wondering if anybody here would know before I spend $500 on a new
chip.
Much thanx in advance.
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Opus-
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:09 am Post subject:
Re: Toshiba A40 upgrade question. |
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So it seems that a Pentium 4 may not be an option. How about trying a
Pentium M? I have a Celeron 2.6 now and I don't believe that they make
those chips any faster for laptops. Since the only real difference is
the cache, you would think that there would be no real difference..you
would think.
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:25:44 GMT, Barry Watzman
<WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> spake thusly:
| Quote: | So far, my attempts to upgrade Toshiba Celeron laptops to full Penitums
have failed, even when it seemed certain to succeed. Case in point,
tried a Celeron 1410 (an older machine). This same machine was sold as
the 2410 with a full Pentium 4, and the service manuals and the
downloadable flash BIOS for the 1410 and 2410 are the same (literally,
the exact same files/documents). Further, Intel makes a series of
Celerons (the ones used in the 1410) and full P4's (used in the 2410) in
the exact same processor family. But you can't upgrade a 1410 to a full
Pentium. Have not been able to find out exactly why for sure, but I
think that the chipsets are slightly different (both are Intel 845
variants, but apparently different variants). When you do the upgrade,
the machine doesn't even post, it just emits a continuous "beeeeeeeeep"
forever.
I was, however, able to upgrade to a faster Celeron.
Opus- wrote:
Hi peoples!
I have a question about my laptop that I would like to ask, if nobody
minds. :-)
I have a 2 year old Toshiba A40 with a 2.6 Celeron chip [my first
laptop]. Yesterday, after I opened the back covers to access the
cooling system for cleaning [it was overheating...found lots of dirt
in the nifty little radiator], I discovered that the CPU was in a
socket as opposed to being soldered in. This surprised me, as I was
led to believe that most laptops don't have removable processors.
My question is, can I replace the Celeron chip with an equivalent
Pentium M chip? The Toshiba web site does not address the subject so I
was wondering if anybody here would know before I spend $500 on a new
chip.
Much thanx in advance.
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Opus62@gmail.com
(Jim, single dad to Lesleigh [Autistic] 04/20/94)
"What, Me Worry?" A. E. Newman
Please note: All unsolicited e-mail sent to me may, at
my discretion, be posted in this newsgroup verbatim. |
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Barry Watzman
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:15 am Post subject:
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No, that's worse: A Celeron and a Penium 4 are in the same processor
family. A Celeron and a Pentium M are not even in the same family, and
there are far more major differences.
Opus- wrote:
| Quote: | So it seems that a Pentium 4 may not be an option. How about trying a
Pentium M? I have a Celeron 2.6 now and I don't believe that they make
those chips any faster for laptops. Since the only real difference is
the cache, you would think that there would be no real difference..you
would think.
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:25:44 GMT, Barry Watzman
WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> spake thusly:
So far, my attempts to upgrade Toshiba Celeron laptops to full Penitums
have failed, even when it seemed certain to succeed. Case in point,
tried a Celeron 1410 (an older machine). This same machine was sold as
the 2410 with a full Pentium 4, and the service manuals and the
downloadable flash BIOS for the 1410 and 2410 are the same (literally,
the exact same files/documents). Further, Intel makes a series of
Celerons (the ones used in the 1410) and full P4's (used in the 2410) in
the exact same processor family. But you can't upgrade a 1410 to a full
Pentium. Have not been able to find out exactly why for sure, but I
think that the chipsets are slightly different (both are Intel 845
variants, but apparently different variants). When you do the upgrade,
the machine doesn't even post, it just emits a continuous "beeeeeeeeep"
forever.
I was, however, able to upgrade to a faster Celeron.
Opus- wrote:
Hi peoples!
I have a question about my laptop that I would like to ask, if nobody
minds. :-)
I have a 2 year old Toshiba A40 with a 2.6 Celeron chip [my first
laptop]. Yesterday, after I opened the back covers to access the
cooling system for cleaning [it was overheating...found lots of dirt
in the nifty little radiator], I discovered that the CPU was in a
socket as opposed to being soldered in. This surprised me, as I was
led to believe that most laptops don't have removable processors.
My question is, can I replace the Celeron chip with an equivalent
Pentium M chip? The Toshiba web site does not address the subject so I
was wondering if anybody here would know before I spend $500 on a new
chip.
Much thanx in advance.
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