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    Soldered Celeron M410 CPU?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bipmontes, Nov 7, 2007.

  1. bipmontes

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    i have a lenovo r60e laptop with a celeron m410 cpu, i would just like to ask if any of you know for sure if the cpu is soldered to the motherboard, i'm planning to upgrade it to a core duo or core 2 duo. thanks in advance!
     
    bipmontes, Nov 7, 2007
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    Most likely not, only low voltage cpus are soldered.
     
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    thanks for the quick reply! do you happen to know if its possible to upgrade my cpu to a core duo or core 2 duo?
     
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    It's a socket M cpu, so with a BIOS upgrade, you can pop in any socket M core 1 or core 2 duo cpus.
     
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    i'm having problems identifying specifically the chipset in my laptop, i have used CPU-Z, PC Wizard 2007, Everest, astra32 and they all show that either i have the i943, 940, 945 intel chipsets, so which is which? what program or utility do you suggest to finally know for sure which chipset do i have?
     
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    Their all the same, technically it's the 945.
     
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    where can i get the BIOS update, from Lenovo or from Phoenix? by the way you've been a great help man!
     
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    Lenovo download section should have it.
     
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    As for 940/943/945 they are not the same chipset. The 943 only supports Celeron and Core Solo cpus, the 945 supports Core Duos and better as well.
     
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    @moon angel

    are you saying i'm stuck with my celeron if my chipset id shows the three (940/943/945)?
     
    bipmontes, Nov 9, 2007
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    No she's saying find out exactly which one you have so you can tell what you're able to upgrade to. Try everest free edition, or pcwizard2007
     
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    i've tried everest free edition it shows Calistoga i945GM/PM, when i tried pcwizard2007 it shows i943/940GML, i'm a bit confused as to which one is my real chipset type???
     
    bipmontes, Nov 11, 2007
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