Re: [Thinkpad] 600X 800MHz Upgrade Report

Not sure. Might have to uninstall & reinstall the Speedstep applet.
In Safe Mode, Windows reports a 800 Mhz processor.

FWIW, It booted perfectly the first time, XP now hangs at start up

Strange.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Matt" <mwtech@ameritech.net>; "Chris Schumann" <cschumann@twp-llc.com>;
<thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 600X 800MHz Upgrade Report

> So you went from 500 - 650?
> What happened to 800??
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt" <mwtech@ameritech.net>
> To: "Chris Schumann" <cschumann@twp-llc.com>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 12:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 600X 800MHz Upgrade Report
>
>
> > Performed the same processor swap on my 600X -500Mhz laptop. (2645-4EU)
> >
> > Bios reports 800Mhz processor, Speedstep utility reports 650Mhz, System
> > properties shows 650Mhz.
> >
> > XP runs fine. Didn't even hiccup over the new processor.
> >
> > Now to reinstall the screws.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Schumann" <cschumann@twp-llc.com>
> > To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 8:57 AM
> > Subject: [Thinkpad] 600X 800MHz Upgrade Report
> >
> >
> > > I got my 800MHz CPU upgrade from Joeyw on eBay yesterday and promptly
> > > popped it into my 600X (formermly at 650MHz) to get a little more pep
> out
> > > of it.
> > >
> > > The CPU arrived in a plastic baggie, sealed with some refurbishers tag
> > > that gave the specs on the module. That was wrapped in bubble wrap and
> > > that in turn was shipped in a padded envelope. I would have preferred
a
> > > small box, but that's life.
> > >
> > > Here's a tip: PRINT OUT the pages from the HMM on keyboard assembly
> > > removal and CPU card removal. It helps you remember just which screws
go
> > > where, and there were a lot: 17 in total IIRC.
> > >
> > > Tip 2: Your power switch will fall out. Remember to put it back BEFORE
> you
> > > put all the screws back. D'oh!
> > >
> > > The difficulties I had were the little black screw covers. I marred a
> > > couple of them so they will not go back in place. *** Anyone know a
good
> > > source for the screw covers?
> > >
> > > The other thing that was a little tough was removing the CPU card
> > > assembly. There's no good way to get in there with your fingers to
> > > disconnect that fascinating connector. I used a screwdriver to gently
> pry
> > > the free end up, little by little, until it came free.
> > >
> > > Once it was in place, I screwed the machine back together, noticed the
> > > power switch laying on the table, and dealt with that. I powered up
with
> > > no drives in place, just to see if it would emit smoke, but it started
> > > fine. I went into the BIOS and was greeted with a new note: 800MHz!
> > > Woohoo!
> > >
> > > I put back the hard drive and started XP, and it's working about the
> same
> > > as before. The benchmark I found rated the machine at about 14% faster
> on
> > > the CPU test, but I was hoping for 23% (800/650 = 1.231). Then again,
> I'm
> > > having difficulty getting XP to just run the CPU at full speed. I
tried
> > > disabling the CPU power management, and got the same number. I ran
> Intel's
> > > CPUID software, and it reported the speed at 459MHz or so, and said it
> > > expected 650MHz.
> > >
> > > I may pop in an old 4GB drive and restore the Win98SE factory image so
I
> > > can postivitely lock the CPU clock and try again. (I couldn't find any
> way
> > > to disable shutoffs or timers of any sort.)
> > >
> > > So for now, the upgrade does seem worthwhile.
> > >
> > > Chris Schumann
> > >
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Received on Fri Jun 4 13:14:26 2004