From: art (art_at_courvilles.com)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 17:50:03 EST
Maybe some idea. I can tell you that a PII-366 mmc-1 will
not boot in either of the early-model 770s I have at home.
If you search the archives you will also find some
references to the changed chipset being the reason for
this. I've heard, but cannot personally verify, that a
PII-366 and 400 mmc-1 do work in ED and Z models.
Bruce Markowitz wrote:
>
> obviously you really have no idea.
> I HAVE upgraded 233MMX machines to PII in the past, it IS doable, probably
> works on the 770
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Capone" <mcapone_at_cesmail.net>
> To: "'Bruce Markowitz'" <scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net>; "'art'"
> <art_at_courvilles.com>
> Cc: <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:17 PM
> Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] CPU upgrade for Thinkpad 770
>
> Yeah, that had coke spilled in it, so the motherboard
> was prolly replaced or something, and the chip, and all thats
> left is the frame? :)
>
> Seems kind of unlikely that a TX type mainboard for a P233MMX (NOT
> PII-233)
> can support a PII processor. You may have seen a PII-233 upgraded
> to a PII-300 maybe? Or did they even offer the 770 in a PII-233
> configuration. I've only seen the straight 233MMX models... but
> there could be one out there... somewhere.
>
> -Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thinkpad-admin_at_stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-admin_at_stderr.org] On
> Behalf Of Bruce Markowitz
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 3:03 PM
> To: art
> Cc: thinkpad_at_stderr.org
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] CPU upgrade for Thinkpad 770
>
> I have seen the P233 model adv on ebay as upgraded to P2 300, so I may
> disagree
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "art" <art_at_courvilles.com>
> To: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net>
> Cc: <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 11:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] CPU upgrade for Thinkpad 770
>
> > And I believe that the chipset used on the earliest 770s
> > does not support p-IIs.
> >
> > Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> > >
> > > It takes an MMC-1 card, NOT the MMC-2 of the 600E series
> > > I think you can get them up to 400MHZ, and it would probably be a
> > > very worthwhile upgrade for a low price
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Benjamin Lee" <yblee_at_cs.purdue.edu>
> > > To: <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:06 AM
> > > Subject: [Thinkpad] CPU upgrade for Thinkpad 770
> > >
> > > > I have a TP770 (95491AU) currently running under the Linux 8.1. It
>
> > > > is
> an
> > > > MMX 233 machine. There have been Thinkpad P-II 366 CPU cards
> > > > listed on eBay recently and the prices are reasonable. Just
> > > > wondering whether these CPUs originally intended for 770z are also
>
> > > > compatible with my model of TP770. Do I also need to replace the
> > > > systemboard and other components as well? I have a copy of
> > > > Thinkpad HMM and replaced the
> DC-DC
> > > > board by myself about a year ago. Thanks for any info and
> > > > instruction.
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