[Thinkpad] Re: Thinkpad A21P

My experience is the opposite.
I got a one gig running on an A20P, but the A21P would not boot with the one
gig installed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ira Kay" <ira@cmore.com>
To: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: "nat" <natt108@yahoo.com>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 8:55 PM
Subject: Thinkpad A21P

> Bruce/All,
>
> It will work!
> I think you are referring to the A20p which will
> not go any higher than 850.
> I upgraded a A21p to 1.0 and put the A21p processor in
> an A20p which started life at 700.
> However I used a heatsink from an A22p for the A21p.
> I don't know if it is absolutely necessary, but both of these
> machines have run eversince without any problems. Two of my children
> use them at school. I bought the heatsink from a list member, but I
> don't know if it is available or not.
> 1.0 is the end of the line for the socket on the A21p.
> BTW I tried the 1.0 chip on the A20p and could not get it to work; for
> some reason 850 was the limit.
>
> R/Ira
>
> Monday, June 14, 2004, 7:02:52 PM, you wrote:
>
> BM> It won't work. The 850 is as high as you can go in that machine.
> BM> ----- Original Message -----
> BM> From: "nat" <natt108@yahoo.com>
> BM> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> BM> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 6:45 PM
> BM> Subject: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad A21P
>
>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I am thinking about upgrading my A21P from 850 to 1.0GHz and want to
find
> >> out if anyone really notices any difference at all between 850 and
1.0GHz.
> >>
> >> This is my current setup:
> >>
> >> XP Pro
> >> PIII 850
> >> 512MB
> >> 40GB TOS MK4019GAX (I don't' really want to go for those 7200rpm drive
> BM> just
> >> yet as they are still too expensive. Will an A21P be able to take
> BM> advantage
> >> of this drive?)
> >>
> >> I don't want to upgrade to a newer Thinkpad as I promised my wife that
I
> >> will stick with this laptop for at least 6-8 months.
> >>
> >> This is what I use:
> >>
> >> - Internet
> >> - Email
> >> - Video capture from S-video in
> >> - DVR via USB
> >> - Burn CD/DVD via firewire
> >> - Remote Access (Timbuktu)
> >> - FTP upload and download
> >> - VMWare 1 additional W2k Pro
> >>
> >> I am usually doing 2 or more of the above items at any given time and I
> >> could use additional juice on the processor.
> >>
> >> Anyone has 1.0GHz CPU up for sales? Will any Micro-PGA2 PIII (not
PIIIm)
> >> with 100MHz bus do? Or could anyone tell me which part to get?
> >>
> >> Thank you!!
> >> Nat
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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