Re: [Thinkpad] TP 600 CPU Upgrade

Since you apoligized for your politically incorrect posting, maybe Elizah
won't unsubscribe me.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Graham" <grahamj@virtue.cx>
To: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>; <James@thinkpads.com>;
<thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] TP 600 CPU Upgrade

> I realize that this is probably brusing your ego but the point was to
> determine if the statement was actually true but I figured you would have
> picked that up from the "swing a dead cat" comment. The overestimation of
> acumen was clearly on my part. Apologies.
>
> Anyway, James *I am* interested to know if it produces the same error
code.
> After all the hypothesis amongst my TP geek friends was that the FSB was
> causing this issue as it would cause the on-board memory to run out of
spec.
> This would fall in-line with the fact that some 600E's won't run the
higher
> speed CPU's at all. Not to mention that the error generated is a memory
> error anyway.
>
> However if this wasn't a 450 then there's something different at work
here.
> I wonder what?
>
> J.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
> To: "Jonathan Graham" <grahamj@virtue.cx>; <James@thinkpads.com>;
> <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 3:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] TP 600 CPU Upgrade
>
>
> > Like I said, SOMEONE said the Celerons don't work in the 600 series.
> > How is your dead cat?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jonathan Graham" <grahamj@virtue.cx>
> > To: <James@thinkpads.com>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 3:29 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] TP 600 CPU Upgrade
> >
> >
> > > Interesting. Did this generate the same error code as when you put
the
> > > PIII's in? This was a 466 and NOT a 450 right?
> > >
> > > J.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "James H. E. Maugham" <CaptJHEM@waterw.com>
> > > To: "Jonathan Graham" <grahamj@virtue.cx>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 3:20 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] TP 600 CPU Upgrade
> > >
> > >
> > > > Jonathan Graham wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > I installed a 466MHz Celeron in my ancient 600E about 2 - 3 years
ago
> > and
> > > had
> > > > the classic "keystroke required" on BOOT.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > James
> > > >
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