Upgrade My Sony VAIO

Hello,
I have an old Sony VAIO. I want to upgrade its processor to Intel Core 2 Duo T9000 , T8000 or T7000 series.

My PC Specs.



Will it Core 2 work on that motherboard (above)?

Thanks,
Kasya

 

I think Pentium M780 (single core) is the best you can do. You might Consider a hard drive upgrade and/or 2GB memory upgrade.

 

mobytoby is right, you cant upgrade to any of the core based processors. The best your system can do is the Pentium M 780 which is at 2.26Ghz, which will not be that much of a performance boost.
I cant remember for sure if the i915 chipset supports pinmodding, but I believe it does.
Your best bet may be getting a PM 745 processor, and pinmodding it to like 2.6Ghz.

K-TRON

 

You can upgrade to the Pentium M 765, and then pin-mod it to bump up the FSB, which would give you a frequency of a whopping 2.8GHz .

And you can pin-mod any 915 chipset (Sonoma-based) notebook, but you need a '400MHz FSB' CPU.
e.g. Pentium M 7x5

 

Like mobytoby said Core duo won't work. Upgrading your CPU from 2.0Ghz to 2.26Ghz will not have much impact.

It may be more beneficial upgrading with more memory or a faster hard drive. Also, a clean install can do wonders.

Other wise it may be time to buy a new laptop.

Edit: lol 3 people posting at the same time

 

Thanks for information,

Can i pin mod mine? Or can i change my FSB to 400Mhz and Pin-Mod? How?

And what you think about changing its motherboard? Is it recommended?

 

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3226&article=pin+mod

Here is the guide for pin modding the Pentium M; it'll tell you everything you need to know.

 

here are other guides:
http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=80879&highlight=pinmod
http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=114523&highlight=pinmod
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=452126

You need a processor with a 7X5 name, where X can be a number from 2-6.
You need a 7x5, cause the last number "5" signifies that the cpu has a 400Mhz bus.
You have a 760, which has a 533Mhz FSB, so you will need a cpu with a 400Mhz FSB, so you can pin mod to 533Mhz bus, thus forcing the clock speed higher.

K-TRON

 

One more - http://laptoplogic.com/resources/detail.php?id=35

Wish there was a good p-m guide for merom as well

 

Will that CPU work on mine?
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-MOBILE-PENTIUM-765-2-1GHZ-BXM80536GC2100F/dp/B00066FH4W

And can i lower the FSB Speed to 400 on my Pentium M 760
then Pin-mod and after that increase the FSB Speed?

 

Don't listen to all those guys, I don't think any of them have really attempted a pin-mod. A Pentium 745 and Pentium 765 have a low possibility of a successful overclock to anything beyond 2.4Ghz. Getting the 725 or 735 is the only realistic option and the fastest you can possibly go in that VAIO is likely 2.26ghz as the cooler may not be able to run anything stable beyond that.

Personally if you want to upgrade, concentrate on memory and or a faster hard drive first. You won't see much of a difference if you're upgrading to a 780, that 266 Mhz won't do any wonders especially as a single core.

If you want more speed in general, then save your money entirely and buy a new laptop.

What do you usually do on your laptop? And why do you want to upgrade?

 

I agree with this.

 

My Sony VAIO is designed for Windows XP. But i installed here Windows Vista. Because I like the Aero Glass style. I want to use it for sometimes playing games. But most i use it for Internet. Windows Vista Ultimate wants 1GB RAM at least. But i have only 512MB. And file copy is 2MB/sec. Is that good? I think no. If it is because of CPU, I will need to change or overclock it. I'll buy 2x2GB OCZ DDR2 RAM. And an HDD 160GB or 320GB. And what you think of real overclocking using FSBSpeed or something else. Not pin-modding. And a cooler for it. The Battery Saving is not a problem. What you think should i do it? Real Overclocking? And i haven't seen any store who sells Graphics Card for Mobile like 9800GT Mobile or 8800GT Mobile.

Thanks,
Kasya

 

You have not mentioned which model is your Sony.
My Vaio S which has a Pentium M 725 can only be upgraded to 1GB max.
You should check out yours too before attempting any ambitious upgrades.

 

You are limited to only 2GB on your Vaio since it's based on the Sonoma (915) platform. The fastest and largest drive possible that would fit the VAIO would be the WD Scorpio 250GB IDE.

As for the GPU/Graphics card, you cannot upgrade it.

 

D3X is right, the possibility of your Bios actually supporting more than 2.4Ghz or so is pretty unlikely. The Pemtium M 735 is a good upgrade choice, cause that will give you 2.26Ghz, which will be a good improvement.

AS for the harddrive the WD 2500BEVE drive is the largest capacity ATA harddrive for notebooks, but the Samsung HM160HC is faster in both synthetic and real benchmarks. The WD is the second fastest ATA harddrive, and really the Samsung is only leading by a small margin, so either would be a good choice for a harddrive upgrade, especially if you are coming from a low density 4200 or 5400rpm drive.

K-TRON

 

I did two pin mods; one on a celeron m360 to up it from 1.4 to 1,86ghz; and one on a pentium m715 to up it from 1.5ghz to 2ghz.

In the case of the m715 I was even able to undervolt. I have an m735 (default 1.7ghz) and should pin mod to 2.26ghz, but did not try yet. I'm aiting to find/buy the right laptop to pin mod it.

one thing I noticed I couldn't undervolt my m715 @ 2ghz as I was able to undervolt a Dell laptop with an m760 also @ 2ghz.

before doing both pin mods I did a lot of research. the simplest pin mods are with the m715 to get 2ghz and m725 @ 2.13ghz because these two are likely to run stable after pin mod on there stock voltage and even lower than that. my m715 was running stable @ 1.148 @ 2.ghz.

The m735 @ 2.26ghz should also be doable but may require rising the Vcore of the CPU. You have to note that pin modding the m715, m725, or m735 would be a waste of time and money in your case since the boost in performance will be tiny if any.

now with the m745 is a bit of a gamble. it all depends on the chip. some will pin mod to 2.4ghz with a volt mod and some won't.

for the m765 @ 2.66ghz I think I saw only one or two that have managed to do it and they had to rise the voltage to high values. This led to their laptops running very hot.

Now, if you want to try the pin mod on a desktop, the story is completely different. I recall for instance qiute few celeron m340 pin modded and overclocked to 2.4ghz with just an air cooling system.

the problem in a laptop is the cooling system. If the cooling could be replaced with a bigger or a more powerful one that we all could overclock safely.

 

Honestly, I think a $500 laptop would outperform your laptop even if you top out the specs.

but which model do you have?

 

I would even say that a Celeron M550 (2ghz) should be as fast as a pin modded m735 if not faster.

Pin modding was a very good way to boost the performance in low spec systems, but since this sony is already at 2ghz the improvement deliered by the mod will be minimum.

The CPU on the dell before pin mod was a M740 @ 1.73ghz. As far as I could tell a pin modded M715 @ 2ghz did not make any difference in this laptop since I was able to do all I wanted with the M740.