Re[2]: [Thinkpad] 600x Processor Upgrade Advice Please

James,

assuming that someone wanted to buy one a 600x for upgrade purposes,
what model numbers can have the cpu replaced? and what kind of cpu
should i search for on ebay?

thanks.

Saturday, April 26, 2003, 10:41:00 AM, you wrote:

> Anthony R. Gold wrote:

>> Does this mean that I can use either a Celeron or a PIII, so long as it's
>> in the MMC-2 package?

> Yes, but the some Celerons have heat problems and the max non-Speedstep Celeron
> available on the MMC-2 module (550MHz) isn't any faster than the PIII 500MHz.

>> Is there any way to tell if a machine has Speedstep or does one just
>> assume that all 500MHz machines are maxed-out non-speedstep systems?

> Only the 650MHz 5FU and 9FU systems are Speedstep enabled and both can be
> upgraded to a PIII 850MHz MMC-2, which is the fastest MMC-2 Intel made.

>> Is there a rule for my beloved but now far too sluggish 600e systems?

> PII 400MHx MMC-2. There are many of us on the list who have attempted to upgrade
> the 600E to a PIII with the net result that you wind up with an, at worst,
> unstable machine or, at best, BOOT problems.

> Regards,

> James

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