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Posted by Barry Watzman on November 14, 2005, 12:15 am
Please log in for more thread options No, that's worse: A Celeron and a Penium 4 are in the same processor
family. A Celeron and a Pentium M are not even in the same family, and
there are far more major differences.
Opus- wrote:
> So it seems that a Pentium 4 may not be an option. How about trying a
> Pentium M? I have a Celeron 2.6 now and I don't believe that they make
> those chips any faster for laptops. Since the only real difference is
> the cache, you would think that there would be no real difference..you
> would think.
>
>
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:25:44 GMT, Barry Watzman
>
>
>>So far, my attempts to upgrade Toshiba Celeron laptops to full Penitums
>>have failed, even when it seemed certain to succeed. Case in point,
>>tried a Celeron 1410 (an older machine). This same machine was sold as
>>the 2410 with a full Pentium 4, and the service manuals and the
>>downloadable flash BIOS for the 1410 and 2410 are the same (literally,
>>the exact same files/documents). Further, Intel makes a series of
>>Celerons (the ones used in the 1410) and full P4's (used in the 2410) in
>>the exact same processor family. But you can't upgrade a 1410 to a full
>>Pentium. Have not been able to find out exactly why for sure, but I
>>think that the chipsets are slightly different (both are Intel 845
>>variants, but apparently different variants). When you do the upgrade,
>>the machine doesn't even post, it just emits a continuous "beeeeeeeeep"
>>forever.
>>
>>I was, however, able to upgrade to a faster Celeron.
>>
>>
>>Opus- wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi peoples!
>>>
>>>I have a question about my laptop that I would like to ask, if nobody
>>>minds. :-)
>>>
>>>I have a 2 year old Toshiba A40 with a 2.6 Celeron chip [my first
>>>laptop]. Yesterday, after I opened the back covers to access the
>>>cooling system for cleaning [it was overheating...found lots of dirt
>>>in the nifty little radiator], I discovered that the CPU was in a
>>>socket as opposed to being soldered in. This surprised me, as I was
>>>led to believe that most laptops don't have removable processors.
>>>
>>>My question is, can I replace the Celeron chip with an equivalent
>>>Pentium M chip? The Toshiba web site does not address the subject so I
>>>was wondering if anybody here would know before I spend $500 on a new
>>>chip.
>>>
>>>Much thanx in advance.
>
>
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