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    Athlon xpm to athlon 64

    Discussion in 'HP' started by steevda, Dec 2, 2004.

  1. steevda

    steevda Notebook Enthusiast

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    just wondering after reading in one of the posts
    that someone has a compaq r3210ca and he says
    his cpu is socketed not soldered and its a xpm 2800+ s754
    does that mean it might be possible to install an athlon 64 2800+
    or +3000
     
    steevda, Dec 2, 2004
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    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's very likely but not confirmed. See here for my report on CPU swapping in the nearly identical zv5000z.

    The 3400+ looks like the best bang/buck at newegg.com [ :D].
     
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    2000fordfocus Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello, I am new to this forum!

    I own a Compaq R3210CA too, and i find it a bit slow, it would be nice if we could upgrade the CPU! anymore info?

    Compaq Presario R3210CA with AMD Athlon-M XP2800+, 256MB DDR SODIMM 333Mhz, 40GB Fujisu, 15inch XGA TFT, NVidia GeForce 4 with 32MB
     
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    alekkh Notebook Evangelist

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by 2000fordfocus
     
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    Yeah, I'd upgrade the HD and RAM before the CPU. Go to crucial.com, tell their configurator which notebook you have, and buy a 512MB SODIMM. Consider swapping in a Hitachi 60GB 7200RPM HD (which I did) or a Seagate 100GB 5400RPM drive (haven't seen it reviewed yet though it's probably nice). The stock 4200RPM drive really drags down system performance; that, and all the extra software HP installs.
     
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