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    Upgrading CPU on Thinkpad R61e ?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by getsandy, May 1, 2008.

  1. getsandy

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    u cannot use CoreDuo since they are Socket M cpus. t5200 and t5300 usually come as Socket M too. You need a Socket P cpu.
     
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    You need a Socket P CPU. Any Socket P Celeron and Socket P Pentium Dual-Core is pretty much guaranteed to work. Socket P Core 2 Duos with a 667MHz FSB have a good chance of working, but Socket P Core 2 Duos with an 800MHz FSB are more of a crap shot.

    667MHz C2D

    Core 2 Duo T5450 1667 2048 667
    Core 2 Duo T5550 1833 2048 667
    Core 2 Duo T5750 2000 2048 667
    Core 2 Duo T5850 2133 2048 667

    800MHz C2D

    Core 2 Duo T5270 1400 2048 800
    Core 2 Duo T5470 1600 2048 800
    Core 2 Duo T7100 1800 2048 800
    Core 2 Duo T7250 2000 2048 800

    Core 2 Duo T7300 2000 4096 800
    Core 2 Duo T7500 2200 4096 800
    Core 2 Duo T7700 2400 4096 800
    Core 2 Duo T7800 2600 4096 800

    Pentium Dual-Core

    Pentium Dual-Core T2310 1466 1024 533
    Pentium Dual-Core T2330 1600 1024 533
    Pentium Dual-Core T2370 1733 1024 533

    Celeron

    Celeron M 530 1733 1024 533
    Celeron M 540 1866 1024 533
    Celeron M 550 2000 1024 533
    Celeron M 560 2133 1024 533
     
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    t5270 and t5470 are OEM only. You can buy them only if someone will pull them out of a laptop and sell on ebay
     
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    Thanks for all the replies.

    I am little bit confused...Initially I though that Celeron CPU in R61e is Socket M.

    How to check what type of Socket it has? Is there any software to check it.

    Also Celeron M 530 is available in both socket types (M & P) as per information given on wikipedia

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Celeron_microprocessors#.22Merom-1024.22_.28standard-voltage.2C_65_nm.29

    SL9VA -> Socket M
    http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL9VA

    SLA2G -> Socket P
    http://processorfinder.intel.com/Details.aspx?sSpec=SLA2G

    As per the intel website, information for both the processor is same except Bus/Core ratio.


    I though that any CPU with FSB 533 MAY work on R61e, so I was looking for T5200/T5300.

    Thanks
    Sandy
     
    getsandy, May 1, 2008
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  6. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    GL960 is only coupled to Socket P. Since you've got GL960, you've gotta have Socket P.

    I did not know that the 530 was available in Socket M and P flavors though. That's news to me.
     
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    get CpuZ and see what it tells you
     
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    I just said the same thing earlier...

     
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