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    GL960 and Celeron M540 to Core Duo T2370 upgrade question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by plsdonotbug, Aug 25, 2008.

  1. plsdonotbug

    plsdonotbug Guest

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    I have Lenovo 3000 G410M with Celeron M 540 1.86 on GL960 chipset .

    Is it possible to upgrade M 540 processor to T2390 ?

    I also found related posts on this forum, I want to confirm this information too :

    Any thoughts are welcome !
     
    plsdonotbug, Aug 25, 2008
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Based on what you just posted, we are not going to know until someone tries. Why not be the first? The T2370 is probably what, 50 bucks? And if it doesn't work, you can re-sell it.
     
    Hep!, Aug 25, 2008
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  3. plsdonotbug

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    According to CPU-Z current processor use Socket 479 mPGA. Can that be a mistake (Socket M)?

    Does that mean that I can only use processors with exactly the same socket type?

    Code: 
    Processors Information
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Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores		1 (max 1)
Number of threads	1 (max 1)
Name			Intel Celeron M 540
Codename		Conroe-L
Specification		Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU          540  @ 1.86GHz
Package			Socket 479 mPGA (platform ID = 7h)
CPUID			6.6.1
Extended CPUID		6.16
Core Stepping		A1
Technology		65 nm
Core Speed		1861.9 MHz (14.0 x 133.0 MHz)
Rated Bus speed		532.0 MHz
Stock frequency		1866 MHz
Instructions sets	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache		32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache	32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache		1024 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control		no
Features		XD

Chipset
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Northbridge		Intel GL960 rev. C0
Southbridge		Intel 82801HBM (ICH8-ME) rev. 03
Memory Type		DDR2
Memory Size		1024 MBytes
Channels		Single
Memory Frequency	266.0 MHz (1:2)
CAS#			4.0
RAS# to CAS#		4
RAS# Precharge		4
Cycle Time (tRAS)	12
    Unfortunately, its not possible in my country.
     
    plsdonotbug, Aug 25, 2008
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  4. R4000

    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    The T2370 is socket P, and the GL960 boards utilize Socket P. Unless there is no BIOS support for the Pentium, I see no reason why it won't work. HP has been selling C700 units for quite some time with that chipset, and all they offer are Pentium Dual Cores like the one you mentioned.....

    Check out the cpu guide here http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=166906
     
    R4000, Aug 25, 2008
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