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    HELP! Celeron 330 Upgrade Questions

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by aenima4six2, Jan 20, 2005.

  1. aenima4six2

    aenima4six2 Newbie

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    Hi everyone! Imp new to the forum and I was just curious about a few things. First - I have a TOSHIBA M35X S109 with an INTEL 855GME chipset and a Celeron M 330. I really want to get a Pentium M 745 but I'm not sure if it will work because it is 90nm and my Celeron is 130nm.

    So... are these two chips interchangeable and will I need a bios upgrade to do the swap (I guess I would have to find a bios off a M35X that has Pentium M and flash mine with it)?

    Any other info you think I should know I’d love to hear.
    Thanks

    JP
     
    aenima4six2, Jan 20, 2005
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    aenima4six2 Newbie

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    Sooo.... No one has a clue about my question ?

    Cmon anyone ?
     
    aenima4six2, Jan 23, 2005
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    Sounders333 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think everyone read your topic...sorry man I have no idea lol [V]
     
    Sounders333, Jan 23, 2005
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  4. Skyshade

    Skyshade Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Don't worry about the 90 nm and 130 nm, you are not going to see any difference physically so a M 745 can be plugged in to the M330 socket. BIOS is what you need to worry about. I believe there are M35s that use P-M processors, so I an pretty confident you can find a proper BIOS, if the M35 you have does not support them already.
     
    Skyshade, Jan 28, 2005
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    Were you successfull in installing the new chip ? How do you crack this laptop open ?

    On most laptops, the power-button-board comes off and then you can opne the keyboard. But on my M35X, I could not even remove the power-button board.

    I just wanted to install a WIFI MiniPCI card.

     
    nk4002r, Feb 3, 2005
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