Re: [Thinkpad] TP 600 CPU Upgrade

> Careful
> Someone said that Celerons do NOT work on 600E's

Someone told me that swinging a dead cat over your head at midnight brings
good luck.

By "not work" were they refering to the 100Mhz FSB issue? Or some other
quasi-mystical problem? I can tell you that I've put a 600Mhz Celeron MMC-2
module in my wifes 600E and it "worked" as far as any other 100Mhz CPU works
(requires keys on boot). However the 466 Celeron MMC-2 is a 66 Mhz FSB
unit in which case it shouldn't be a problem. Unless there is some issue
intrinsic to that model that I haven't heard about.

J.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Kev" <co273@bfn.org>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] TP 600 CPU Upgrade

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kev" <co273@bfn.org>
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] TP 600 CPU Upgrade
>
>
> > > I'd like to change my PII 233 w/ 512 Ko L2 by a PII 350 w/ 512 Ko L2
> "Deschutes" Slot 1. Is that possible ?
> >
> > Nope. Slot 1 CPUs are desktop processors. You cannot fit a desktop
> > PII processor into a laptop. Especially not whn it comes to a slot
> > packaged CPU the size of a remote control unit.
> > >
> > > If that isn't possible, could you tell me exactly what cpu I could
take
> ? In fact, the problem is that I don't know if the TPs' CPUs have a
special
> form factor, and if I can use a Desktop CPU...
> >
> > MMC1 up to a Celeron 466. A 333 should be avaialble for $30 on eBay. A
> > 400Mhz MMC1 will quote at $99, which is borderline insanity. A better
way
> > to upgrade is to upgrade to a 600E mobo like how Bruce Markowitz
described
> > and use the MMC2 series Mobile CPUs. A 466Mhz Celeron MMC2 will run for
> > less than $20 on eBay.
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