Re: [Thinkpad] 600X 800MHz Upgrade Report

Amazing. Undid all the screws to remove the keyboard, to look at the
processor card. With no screws, Windows boots perfectly.

Must have over tightened something. Now to carefully put this thing back
together.

----- 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 13:31:29 2004