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    Acer Travelmate 2480-2943 CPU Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Nathanix, Dec 19, 2009.

  1. Nathanix

    Nathanix Newbie

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    Hello,

    I have an Acer Travelmate 2480-2943 with an Intel Celeron M 410 1.46Ghz - I would like to upgrade the processor.

    The following is the chipset:
    533MHz FSB, Mobile Intel 940GML Express Chipset

    What can I do?
     
    Nathanix, Dec 19, 2009
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  2. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    I think that u can upgrade to core solo processors at most.... or the Pentium M ones... the pentium M ones for sure but core solo processors should also work.
     
    sean473, Dec 20, 2009
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  3. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    Yep, you should be able to squeeze in Core Solo or Pentium Dual-Core besides the Celeron M with this chipset.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Dec 21, 2009
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  4. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    pentium dual core's don't seem to work... one guy with the same chipset is having a lot of problems wit pentium dual cores.. core solos will work for sure :)
     
    sean473, Dec 21, 2009
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  5. Nathanix

    Nathanix Newbie

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    Thank you - how about a T5300? or T5200 - what is the best possible CPU I could put in?
     
    Nathanix, Dec 25, 2009
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  6. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    that is a dual core... u can use the following

    T1200 mit 1.50 GHz, FSB 667 MHz, 2MB L2 Cache
    T1300 with 1,66 GHz 2MB L2 Cache
    T1350 with 1.86 GHz, FSB 533 MHz, 2MB L2 Cache (about the same level like Pentium M 750)
    T1400 mit 1.83 GHz, FSB 667 MHz, 2MB L2 Cache

    u can basically use an T1000 series processor...
     
    sean473, Dec 25, 2009
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  7. LoneWolf15

    LoneWolf15 The Chairman

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    Old thread, I know, just came upon it based on another search.

    Sean, AFAIK the Intel 940GML chipset does not support 667MHz FSB, and is limited to 533. I say this because I was hoping to upgrade a very similar laptop from a Celeron M 410 to a Celeron M 585, and from everything I've read, the FSB limitation kills it.

    I'd love to be wrong, but it doesn't appear that way from Intel's documentation.
     
    LoneWolf15, Jan 22, 2010
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