Re: [Thinkpad] 600X 800MHz Upgrade Report

You had better luck than I.

The first swap didn't "take", and when I went to try the second processor I
ordered, it came out of the bag damaged.

The original 500 Mhz processor is back in place.

The bios DID recognize the new chip's speed, things just didn't work well
once the laptop was booted up.
Things seemed to cooperate for a while, then the axle snapped, and the
wheels came off.

Was worth the attempt. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Schumann" <cschumann@twp-llc.com>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 600X 800MHz Upgrade Report

> Continuing the story of upgrading my 650MHz 600X (2645-5FU) to 800MHz.
>
> OK, I went back into the BIOS and initialized the system and restarted in
> safe mode. Intel's CPU frequency ID software identified the machine as
> 800MHz. The benchmark reported an increase of 61%! But now I know that
this
> is over the slowed down, 500MHz or so.
>
> I restarted XP, and the machine was again slowed to something
disappointing.
> I googled "speedstep XP" and found one suggestion: Set the power scheme to
> Always On. That was the trick. I'm now at 800MHz all the time, and the
> machine is noticably snappier.
>
> So, now it seems like a very worthwhile purchase.
>
> Chris Schumann
>
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