Upgrading CPU to Higher Frequency or Dual-Core

Hey guys,

Got a Travelmate 5320 (ACER) and it's got an Intel Celeron M 560 (model SLA2D) running 2.13GHZ.

Tried overclocking to no avail AT ALL, probably due to it being the fact that a laptop processor can't be OC'd.

Due to this I'm looking to upgrade the processor. Now the socket is 478-pin Micro-FCPGA according to THIS website, which is cool and that but can i fit a standard Socket 478 into this? Obviously within reason - but there's a 2.66GHZ Socket 478 processor (Intel Celeron) in the PC downstairs which fits into my socket on the laptop with no problems but I don't want to power up my laptop, as it could end up frying the MOBO / CPU.

Is 478 Pin MICRO-FCPGA theoretically the same as 478 Pin FCPGA? The processor I put in from the pc downstairs is a SL7NV HERE. As said it fits but don't want to fire up the laptop itself.

Anyhoo, got the chance of a 2.8ghz socket 478 processor for next to nothing and it'll help immensly with the laptop. Can look at dual-cores too. So what are my options guys?

Pretty new to this so hope i explained things well enough

 

That Socket 478 Celeron has a different electrical pin-out and is not compatible with that motherboard. Plus it might be slower than your current Celeron.

You'll be fine with a T5450 or so, because CPU upgrades only improve the performance of CPU-intensive tasks. A cheap dual-core, and a fast HDD will help you boost performance by quite a bit.

Checkout the Sticky in the Acer forum. There is a notebook - Aspire 5315 which has the same chipset as your notebook, and should have the same upgrade path as well. Basically, you'll be looking for Socket P CPUs with a FSB of 533MHz to 800MHz max.

 

Eh..

Have you really tested to fit it? Because you won't even fit it even if they both are socket 478. They are different sizes, so i don't believe that you actually did fit a socket 478 desktop cpu in a laptop which has a socket 478 laptop cpu.

 

You can fit a Socket 478 into a Socket P-compatible board and vice-versa. Well, I heard this from one of my local H/W-testers

 

Well it appeared to fit - lets hope i didnt damage either though! :-(


I'll have a wee look see

 

What the heck I never thought you could do that, as it will either not work anyways or damage something, never thought intel would made them fit in vice versa so it could happen hehe

 

Well, they do appear to have the same PGA, but the electrical pin-out is obviously different. So, when they're installed in the wrong boards, the system won't fire up.

Socket 478
Socket P

 

To confuse things, some programs use "Socket 478" (which was desktop only) to refer to "Socket 479" (Pentium M), "Socket M" (Core 1 and first-gen Core 2), and "Socket P" (modern Core 2s), solely on the fact that all four have 478 pins.

The Celeron M 560 is a Socket P chip.