Re: [Thinkpad] [TP600e] A few questions..

> Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 16:08:41 -0000
> From: David Pratt <dp@jumphog.org>

> Firstly, CPU upgrades. For reference Ive happily upgraded my 560z to
> 366mhz and have no problem changing cpus or spotting the difference
> between mmc1, mmc2 etc. Ive read about a year back in the mailing list
> archives and the consensus is that putting a 100mhz bus cpu in a 600e
> may work, but not without some problems (keys on boot, memory speeds
> etc). There have been a few mentions of celerons but I havent seen a
> definative post as to wether they work without any problems. I would
> like to put a celeron 466 into my 600e - have many people done this and
> have they had any problems?

I, too, am interested in CPU upgrades for my 600E and 600X. I know the
600E uses MMC-2 modules and runs at 66MHz. Conventional wisdom is that the
best CPU for that is the 400MHz PII.

The only thing stopping a faster Celeron from working is the BIOS, and I
fully expect that a Celeron will NOT run in a 600E. However, if I can find
one under $10, I still plan to test it. With the bus running at 66MHz,
none of the other problems should appear.

If one had a LOT of time available, and lots of diagnostic hardware, and
wanted to hack assembly language, one could patch the BIOS. It seems more
worthwhile to just buy a faster machine, though.

> Secondly I would like to replace the cd drive with a dvd or possibly
> cdrw drive. The plastics and connector around the back look easy enough
> to swap over, but is the front bezel the common 3 screw attachment?

You can buy a CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive.

> (I cant see any screws on my drive). Also are there any gotcha's with
> hot-swapping and booting from cd if you change the drive?

I'm not sure what you mean. I know at least in Windows, one cannot hot
swap the UltraSlimBay at all. Warm swaps are possible if you "turn off"
the device first. I know on my 600X that even if the UltraSlimBay battery
is supposedly completely discharged, popping it out makes the machine turn
off instantly. Popping out a drive could damage either it or the
mainboard.

Let us all know what you try!

Chris

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