Re: [600E] MMC2 upgrade caveats.

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From: Jonathan Graham (grahamj_at_virtue.cx)
Date: Wed Sep 05 2001 - 15:24:48 EDT

Yeah, I ended up replacing the PII 366 that it came with. So there's no
crisis but I did spend some time slapping my forhead. ;-)

        J.

----- Original Message -----
From: "jason Kuttner" <jasontech_at_earthlink.net>
To: "Jonathan Graham" <grahamj_at_virtue.cx>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [600E] MMC2 upgrade caveats.

> Jon,
>
> can't you put the old processor back in? or did you damage the
motherboard?
>
> jason
>
> btw, I gave up on thge upgrade, and settled for the PII-400, 360 megs, and
a
> 32 gig drive. It's alot lighter than my A21p which hurts my lap after too
> much use..
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Graham" <grahamj_at_virtue.cx>
> To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 3:43 PM
> Subject: [600E] MMC2 upgrade caveats.
>
>
> >
> > If you're planning to upgrade your 600E thinkpad be careful when
replacing
> > the screws that attach the heat exchanger to the MMC card's heat sink.
I
> > accidentally placed the longer screws that fix the MMC card to the mobo
> > instead of the propper shorter screws and as I was tightening them up I
> > pulled the heat sink (and the cpu) away from the MMC card. Which
needless
> > to say rendered my 600Mhz celeron upgrade inoperable. *sigh*
> >
> > Ah well, now I have an excuse to look at some of the 700Mhz PIII's that
> > people are selling these days. ;-)
> >
> > J.
> >
> > --
> > ---
> > "The Bunnies are very gluttonous. Why don't we put our
> > favorite flags on the omelets? Good Tasty!" -Japanese advertising
slogan.
> >
> >
>
>

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