Sony Vaio VGN-FJ290 Upgrade

Hey Forum,

I'm new here and also not super experienced with laptops yet, just got into fixing and upgrading them, I have been a 100% desktop builder my whole life till recently.

I have a few questions about upgrading this Laptop. I have a Acer Aspire 5315 that I'm upgrading, the CPU on it still works well it was hardly used. The CPU is a Intel Celeron 560 single core 2.13ghz 533fsb and I wanted to install it in the Sony Vaio that runs a Intel Pentium M 740 single core 1.73ghz 533fsb. According to the laptop specs it has a Intel 915GM Express chipset which supports up to 533fsb and it also has the same socket of PPGA478. I'm assuming they are completely compatible. would there be any issues doing this upgrade? The Celeron runs a lot colder than the Pentium. The Celeron has a 65nm Lithography while the Pentium has a 90nm

 

If this is strictly a learning exercise, the two notebooks in question are not required to be in a working state afterwards and any and all data is removed from both beforehand; the attempt is worthwhile for 'learning'.

If the goal is to have a working system in the end? Waste of time (even if the transplant was successful).

See:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=657&cmp[]=1160


I may be wrong, but it doesn't look to be compatible to me? (But, don't take my word for it...).

The proposed upgrade is more like a side-grade (see link) and one that is not worth even removing the panels from the notebooks for (not for the ~28% increased performance... but for the fact that the final, absolute 'score' is still firmly planted in P4 days from a decade and a half ago).

Good luck on the 'learning' part. Keep saving $$$ for a newer system if that is the end goal though.

 

Thanks for the reply,

This is not for learning is to get the system to run which in fact has worked. I already have a better system, I just wanted to fix the Sony laptop to use it for paper work. I was cleaning it one day since it was overheating and one of my smaller cousins though it be fun to play with the CPU while I was in class (I didn't know they were coming over) anyways so I though this CPU which would run a lot colder would be better. I love having multiple systems and I'm not one to throw away anything until it literally don't work anymore or until I stop having spare parts for it.

Best Regards,
Jack

 

And I thought I was running a dinosaur with a first gen core 2 duo in the T60P....I can't imagine trying to use a Pentium M lmao

Regardless OP, it will not work. The Celeron is based on the Core architecture, the Pentium M is based on the older P6 variant. The sockets and chipsets are incompatible, so it will not work.

 

You're welcome.

If you just want a working system; do nothing and continue using it till you can't bear it anymore.

My experience with upgrading the CPU (even in desktops) is that it is usually a sideways move (very little gain).

Especially when viewed in the light of what is currently available at that time (even used).

If a performance boost is what is sought; a newer platform (new or used) is the way forward.

Correction: a newer, working platform.

 

Getting frustrated with its use will never happen lol
and I couldn't use it as it was since as I said before my cousin broke the original CPU, he bent the pins xD
and about getting a newer platform as I also said previously I already have one
and about repairing a system being tedious, I don't find it as so, I always prefer to repair or completely build my own(except laptops which is supper hard).

 

Looking at those passmark 'scores' again, I'm frustrated just thinking about using it for anything.

The most straightforward options seems to be getting the identical CPU then, if you still want that system going? (Charge the cousin/parents for replacement CPU cost)...

As for the rest of your comments? Some people like doing things the hard way. C'est la vie...

For myself, time is more important than a few saved $$ (especially $$ that will never come with me to my final destination, a place we'll all reach, eventually).

 

I already did charge them but used the money to buy a new CPU for my other laptop lol
I already did the upgrade btw, its running a lot colder now compared to the Pentium it had and a bit faster as well I like it ^_^
idk about saving money I just find the way they build PCs very inefficient I always find that for the same price I can replace some very garbage parts they add for way better much more efficient parts.