Pentium M 735 Fastest Processor?

Hello: I have a decent slightly older notebook that I would like to make run a little faster; (already have max ram). Cannot seem to find good guidance on the fastest CPU that will run in a Gateway MX3560. It comes OEM with a M735 1.7GHZ processor. I was hoping to just drop in a 2.6 cpu, or possibly a Core 2 duo. I installed a 2.6 cpu and the machine will not boot, not sure if this is a BIOS problem or perhaps the board will only run at some max speed. If I could get a 2.0 Core 2 Duo to run in it that would be super. Anyone know what the max CPU that would drop in and run in this?

Thanks for any help, Dave

 

you have to use CPU-Z in order to determine the chipset you have.
Then look it up online and see what kind of CPU's are supported inside.
You also have to bear in mind the possibility that you may need to upgrade the BIOS so you can even put in new cpu's inside, or that Gateway could have instilled a limitation intentionally to prevent a cpu upgrade.

 

Pentium M to Core Duo/Core 2 Duo upgrade is absolutely impossible.

Post here a screenshot of CPUZ and we will let you know what you can use.

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Screenshot is attached. Being new here, I don't see an easy way to dump a file direct to the thread, so there should be a jog uploaded.....

dave

 

You can only upgrade to another 400 FSB Pentium M, going Core 2 is impossible (socket M is the socket right after yours). Faster processors don't always translate to better performance, you most likely are limited by IGP or very old discreet graphics. I would save up for a new notebook.

 

You can put in:

Pentium M 750: SL7S9 (Intel Pentium M 750) - eBay (item 270639798571 end time Jan-22-11 09:23:48 PST)

Pentium M 755: http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Pentium-M...923?pt=CPUs&hash=item4aa66b979b#ht_2050wt_905

Pentium M 760: Intel Pentium M Centrino 760 2.0GHz CPU 2.0 GHz SL7SM - eBay (item 160521925500 end time Dec-28-10 17:55:10 PST)

Pentium M 765: http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Centrino-...38?pt=CPUs&hash=item4cf3f67402#ht_1788wt_1139

Pentium M 770: Intel® Pentium® M Processor 770 SL7SL 2.13GHz 2M 533 - eBay (item 200558103980 end time Jan-23-11 11:27:05 PST)

Pentium M 780: Intel Pentium M 780 2.26/2M/533 SL7VB - eBay (item 290511682409 end time Jan-11-11 01:33:47 PST)

The best deal is the M 770 @ 2.13GHz for $35.

 

It seems like the best you can hope for is this:

See:
Intel® Pentium® M Processor 780 (2M Cache, 2.26 GHz, 533 MHz FSB)with SPEC Code(s)SL7VB, SL8QK, SL8RF


But I would not recommend it.


Although at first blush it seems an almost 33% increase in clock speed makes this a 'must have' upgrade - consider that you are still stuck with a 32bit CPU architecture, a higher TDP (can your chassis handle it?) and still no guaratees that this cpu purchase/transplant will go smoothly (if it goes at all).

See:
Intel Pentium M 780 2.26/2M/533 SL7VB on eBay.ca (item 290511682409 end time 11-Jan-11 04:33:47 EST)

A new system will cost you a fair bit more - but will be far more rewarding at the same time.

Save the $80, use your system as-is until you get the money for a new one and sell it to finance part of your (much needed) new notebook - if you really are looking for a major performance upgrade.

Good luck.

 

The BIOS must support this CPUs or they will run only at 600 MHz.
I experienced this as I tried to replace a M725 with a M755 in a Toshiba Satellite.

 

The difference in TDP is only 6 Watts.

 

Still doesn't mean his cooling system can handle it. And though it is 600 MHz "faster" his CPU may not be his bottleneck, most likely IGP or the RAM or the HDD even.

 

According to Gataway support site this laptop use Intel® 855GM chipset thus only 400mhz bus is supported. Then only pentium m 7X5 cpu will work if of course bios support all of them.

 

i would upgrade to the 770. It made a huge difference for me back then. Now, probably not as much. The biggest factor is that no matter what you do, at the end of the day it is still a single core cpu.

 

Quanger: Did you read what the guy posted above you wrote???

The best CPU OP can get is Pentium M 765 (2.10 GHz, 400 MHz FSB).


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Honestly, replace your HD with any retail HD and you will see larger overall benefits overall than a couple hundred mhz of an aged single-core CPU.

CPU isn't everything, the AOpen rig in my sig destroy's either of the laptops in CoD4 even with the significantly slower CPU because depending on what you are doing you will be GPU, Memory or hard drive bottlenecked on overall performance nowadays than you will be by a cpu a couple mhz slower than what you could get.

 

it depends the bottlenecks in my nc8000 its ram and cpu. running skype and firefox maxes ram and cpu in no time and the skype video down shifts. Sad seeing my gf go from 640x480 to 320x240 :/

 

oh i totally misread that it is a 400fsb system. In that case right about the pentium M 765 being the fastest that laptop will support. If you can pick that chip up for $50 then its worth it, otherwise I would invest in a new platform.