Chip upgrade for Asus S5N

My friend has an older Asus S5N with a Intel Celeron processor. Can he upgrade the processor to an Intel Pentium M? If so, what is involved and which Pentium M would be compatible? Is this an easy DIY project? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks


Dave

 

Dave,

My questions to you would be how does he have an S5n with a celeron? Mainly because it's a Pentium-m based system and, although I'm having a hard time thinking back a couple years, I don't think celerons even fit the same socket back then........ Forgive me if I'm wrong, but we would never sell a celeron in a custom system, so it was never a big deal......

Regardless, if it's a socketed chip he has in there, the S5n can take any banias pentium-m.... those are the first generation 333mhz fsb models..... hard to find now and certainly won't be much chapear then the new ones if you can find them...... but it can be done.

I just want to make sure they don't have the S5ne which had a soldered 1.0ghz ULV pentium-m.... some may think ultra low voltage is a celeron, but it's not....

Also...... some people totally confuse celeron and centrino to this day... centrino is the entire technology behind the system.... a certain mobo, cpu, wireless card.... and if that's the case, your friend might just not have clue to begin with...

Hope that helps.. Let me know if you have any other questions.

 

Yes it can be upgraded. You can use a 1.5ghz ultra low voltage which is what you should have now all the way up to 2.0ghz 400fsb. Its a 400fsb chip. The ram was 333. Not sure how that happen. s5n and s5np does not have a soldered chip. Not sure what the s5ne is all about though i recall seeing those. They are indeed modular.

 

yeah yeah.. the banias is a 400mhz fsb.... but it's a banias chip.... yes you can put a 2.0 in there, but I wouldn't.... heat and battery life are going to be a much bigger factor than the performance you're going to gain..... a 1.6 is probably perfect for that machine.

The S5ne was the first model Asus brought over after they split their notebook focus and actually considered the computer system an "ensemble" model..... That was the only notebook Asus ever made for themselves with a soldered cpu for lower weight and size considerations....... it was made socketed when it became just the S5n which came out about 7 months later...

 

Guys, thanks for the replies. I am a total newbie as is he. He got the machine from his dad, so I have no idea if he knows exactly what's inside. I will check back with him to see if he indeed has a celeron chip inside the laptop. Will a BIOS tell him what processor is inside or will he have to open it up to reveal the actual chip?

So only the first generation Banias chips can be used? I should tell him to forget about the Dothan and Sonoma chipsets? I see that there are Pentium M chips for sale in the FS section for $35-50. Is an upgrade such as this "worth it" if indeed he has a celeron chip?


Dave

 

I ve done the cpu tests multiple times on my m5n tried the 1.5 and 2.0. The temp increase is negligible at the worst. But yes a 1.5 ulv or 1.6 is just right. i actually like the 1.5ulv

 

Yeah, you can't use the the newer chips..... and for $35-50.... i wouldn't even sell an old cpu that I've got lying around for that because it's still a good cpu..... I use them in mini pc's and such..... if you can pick up a working cpu for that, I'd go with it.

 

Justin,
Thanks for your reply. I did confirm that the computer has a Celeron M 1.3 ghz chip inside. My friend showed me the BIOS setup utility screen showing the processor and system memory. It clearly said under processor:

Type: Intel (R) Celeron (R) M processor
Speed: 1300 MHz

I have no idea why it is a Celeron though...

Do you think a CPU upgrade to the Pentium M is worth doing? Will it make a difference? What he's trying to acheive is a faster computer, mainly for web browsing, light office work and the occasional mutimedia application. Will changing the processor acheive that goal?


Dave