acer travelmate 2300 processor upgrade?

Hi,

i was wondering can I put a pentium M processor into my travelmate with a celeron m? I found a 2.0 g pentium m s479 processor and its the same socket and specs as the celron. also will this notebook support 2 gigs of ram?

 

Nobody has any idea on this?

 

See this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=206137

You will get the right advise there. Ask nicely and I am sure one of the experts will research your MB, FSB etc. and provide reliable and accurate feedback.

Cheers,
Theo

 

on the link provided by TeeJay (alright mate) you will find a download for PC Wizard. download and post the results for you chipset,motherboard.and i will do all the research for you. and give you a straight yes or no

 

Intel® Pentium® M processor,
Intel® Celeron® M processor
FSB Speed 400MHz
#SO-DIMMs/Max Memory 2 SO-DIMMs / 2 GB System Memory
Memory Type DDR4 266/200
Memory Channels Single Channel
ECC Parity No
Integrated Graphics Integrated 32-bit 3D/2D gfx core with Dynamic Video Memory Technology
Discrete Graphics N/A
Integrated TV Out N/A
Max Panel Display Resolution LVDS: Up to UXGA (1600x1200),
Digital/Analog Converter for CRT: QXGA (2048x1536)
Dual Display Options Concurrent/Simultaneous
Power Management Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology, Deeper Sleep, ACPI
Intel Display Power Savings Technology N/A
PCI Masters 6
IDE / ATA ATA 66/100
USB 6 ports USB 2.0/1.1
Integrated LAN MAC (w/10/100 Ethernet or HTNA) Yes
PCI Express I/O Ports N/A
Audio Circuitry Integrated AC'97 controller, 6 channels
North Hub Package 732 micro-FCBGA
South Hub Package 421mBGA
Supported ICH ICH4-M

yep that should drop straight in,check you have the latest BIOS Ver and 2gig of ram will make the upgrade a god idea....
your chipset should be this 852/855GM.
but run PC Wizard and check for me. good luck and could you let us know how it goes on the upgrade thread.

cheers
Phil

 

Go Hoggie....

You guys are flat out amazing. Tech support and help that companies only dream about. Accurate, to the point and help in abundance. Awesome stuff.

Only found at NBR

Cheers,
Theo

 

Well if acer support can't help.

we have to do our best if not better than them

and the way things are going, we seem to be doing a better job already:yes:

 

Check this link Hoggie

http://www.crn.com/hardware/202100079

Acer rocks. What more can I say ???

Cheers,
Theo

 

im going to take some macro pics of my old travelmate 230

some of the cracks on the case show what a hard life its had.
its been dropped.sat on, had tea coffee you name spilt on and in it.
still going strong

 

Thank you very much people! I will get that info to you as soon as I get the notebook home. my parents are still pulling info off it. Im going to get that 2.0gig chip if available, plus a 7200 rpm drive and 2 gig of ram and she should be a smokin little system for the wife.

 

Kojack, which Pentium did you find to replace your Celeron M?

Also, does anyone know how to speed up the cpu in PheonixBIOS? I can't find any options for changing the cpu speed. I'm using the Celeron M 1.30GHz and would like to try to do something with it while I search for the replacement. I've been trying to find out what the best (meaning the fastest) cpu is for this TravelMate 2300 (2304).

And finally, is it possible to upgrade the graphics from Intel Extreme Graphics 2 to a better card in this laptop? Audio too...

Thanks for your consideration, fellas.

 

TG_Boleyn my other acer notebook is a travelmate 2303wlmi so I guess I can answer your questions.

1) The BIOS of OEM notebooks are usually quite simple therefore there is no way to speed up the processor from inside the BIOS. The usual way that it is done is via overclocking programs that run from inside windows like clockgen. All you need to do find is the PLL number for the motherboard and then increase the clockspeed. My travelmate has a celeron M 340 1.5ghz and I used to push it to 1.695ghz before it became unstable.

2)It is not possible to upgrade the graphics on your notebook (Intel Extreme Graphics 2) as this is an integrated graphics processor and is made onto the motherboard and therefore the only way to upgrade it would be to change the entire motherboard itself, so you are stuck with what you have when it comes to graphics. This is not only the case with integrated graphics cards but also 99.8% of current notebooks; even if they have dedicated graphics cards they cannot be upgraded, only a few select notebooks on the market today have the ability to upgrade their graphics.

3)Audio cannot be upgraded either because that component is made onto the motherboard and therefore cannot be replaced without replacing the entire motherboard.

I know all of this sounds very restrictive but with modern notebooks the only real components that can be upgraded are: processor, memory, hard drive, optical drive and PCI wireless and bluetooth cards. That is pretty much it.

As for the fastest Pentium M that you can fit to the travelmate 2300, I am not sure.

 

Its the intel i852gm


processor is the celeron m 340. s 479.

what can i drop in here.

and what is max ram that can go in as well...

 

too find out what model mother board you have, and get a true idea what you can and can't do.
check to see if you have a white sticker with a number and bar code on the top ram slot.this when you google it will tell you all you need to know about your mother board.
I found this out by chance when i upgraded my ram.

EDIT: and so far it has been spot on with three of my laptops all acer.

 

Ok,

I will look when i get home. it should tell me what processors and how much ram i can slap in this?