acer travelmate 220 (222x) cpu upgrade

I got a an old travelmate 220(222x) and would like to swap the current cpu (celeron 1.06 GHZ 133mhz intel 830Mg chipset (i think)) to celeron d (intel celeron d 335, 2.8 ghz, 533 Mhz, 256k, 478 pin). Is this possible or the new cpu incompatible?

Thanks for your help.

 

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Not a chance on that.
You may be able to upgrade to a higher clocked celeron or pentium 3 processor

Its going to be hard to upgrade because many p3 generation celerons were on cartridges, so you may have to buy a cartridge based cpu.
You can only upgrade to processors compatible with your laptop.

Have you ever taken the laptop apart?
If you have please take a picture of the processor and or processor socket. We could tell you what you could upgrade to.
If your system uses socket 370 processors upgrading is very cheap, but if it uses cartridge based processors the upgrade will be very expensive.
The fastest it will possibly be is 1400Mhz, cause that is the fastest processor for the pentium3/p3 celerons.

K-TRON

 

It looks like you're in luck. I looked for a picture of the 220 motherboard and the processor definitely looks like it's socketed. Like K-TRON said, you should pretty much be able to use any mobile Pentium III. They only go up to 1.3GHz (according to Intel's site).

http://www.pchub.co.in/uph/photos/item/6336148000526837502_48.49S02.021.JPG

 

interesting, cause for slot 1 their are 1400Mhz P3 tualatian processors.
EDIT:
Are you sure that image is correct?
That socket has way more pins than socket 370, or at least it looks that way.
Their may be p3 mobile chips, but I am not sure.

K-TRON

 

I'm reasonably sure it's correct, as I saw at least two like this... but then again, they could have both been wrong. It's definitely not the standard desktop 370, and I'm not totally sure how many pins the laptop variant of 370 has, but like, it's definitely not Pentium M or higher, so it's gotta be mobile PIII.

 

Its a Socket 478. I don't think there is any point in upgrading the processor. I don't think the chipset support quad-pumped FSB CPUs, so P4-Ms are probably out. Probably a Mobile Pentium 3 might work, since they were Socket 478 as well, I think. But is it worth it ?

 

At first glance, I'd say the same thing, but no 478 boards ever shipped with SDRAM and there was never a sub 1.4GHz Celeron made for 478. Of course, I'm talking about the 478 that went with the laptop Pentium 4s; this may also have 478 pins, but I don't think it's "the" 478.

 

If I am not totally drunk, then I think that socket is the mPGA479M.

And the OP probably has the SL643, and can upgrade to a SL637. And I don't think the chipset supports FSB quad-pumping, so the Celeron D is out.

 

I just talked to my brother who has a P3 based laptop and that is a p3 mobile socket
The socket is PGA479M as stated on the socket.
I looked at his p3 mobile 1.1Ghz chip and it looks like it fits that socket without any problem.

This is the kind of processor you should get for your laptop (pentium 3 mobile):
http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Pentium-3-M-Pentium-III-Mobile-P3-1.3ghz-SL5CK_W0QQitemZ270319469863QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20081218?IMSfp=TL081218114007r19576

K-TRON

 

But is it worth it ?

Seriously OP, a P3 will cost you just about $100. Save it, put in another $200, and buy an Aspire 5315. The Celeron M 540 will be alot faster than this current Celeron of yours (and you could upgrade it to a cheap Core 2 Duo as well).

 

Well, let's put it this way: I'm under the belief that the socket most commonly known as 478 is the Pentium 4 socket and that the socket most commonly known as 479 is the Pentium M socket. Other sockets (like M and P) may also have 478 or 479 pins, but are likewise known by different names. The problem with Intel's processor finder is that it only lists pin counts, and not sockets.

Now, I completely agree that he probably has SL643 and can upgrade to SL637, but I'm pretty sure this is not what is commonly considered 478 or 479. It might have 478 or 479 pins, but it won't take Socket 478 or Socket 479 processors. Celeron D is Socket 478 so it is still incompatible, but I don't think it's for the reason you stated.

I actually think the mobile PIIIs still use the same FSB that the current generation of mobile processors use: that is, they are quad-pumped from 25MHz or 33MHz to get 100MHz or 133MHz FSBs. I could be wrong on this, but I'm pretty sure that the FSB as we commonly know it has been around longer than the PIII.

 

The Celeron D might fit. But it has a different pin-out, since the FSB in it is quad-pumped. So, even if the PGA is the same, the signals will be different, and the BIOS will just sit dumb, not knowing what to do (therefore blank screen). And the chipset doesn't support quad data rate as well.

Quad-pumped FSB was introduced with the release of the P4s, the 1st gen - Williamette.

This is P3, and the Celeron the OP has, has a P3-based core - Tualatin. So no quad pumping, so FSB is 133MHz.

 

Yeah the celeron d or any p4 processor is not going to work. The P3's do not have a quad pumped FSB. They just have standard 100 Mhz or 133Mhz FSB. The fastest thing he can upgrade to is a 1.3Ghz chip.

I think the upgrade is fine. I think a p3 mobile 1.1-1.3Ghz processor can be had for less than $40, and it will be a nice upgrade. The only thing is, we dont know if the Bios can actually read pentium processors. The system was only sold with celerons from 833Mhz to 1.33Ghz from what I can find.

K-TRON

 

OP if you do decide to upgrade, open up the notebook and check if the CPU is socketed or soldered. The Travelmate had a soldered CPU mobo as well.

 

Thank you all for your advice.

 

No its not worth it
I cant even find anything on ebay better then what you have
Step 1: Find trash can
Step 2: drop in trash can
Step 3: ?????
Step 4: Profit