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    A135- XPRESS 200 IS 667MHz DUO CORE COMPATIBLE!!!!

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by slappin, Mar 6, 2007.

  1. slappin

    slappin Notebook Enthusiast

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    A135- XPRESS 200 IS 667MHz DUO CORE COMPATIBLE!!!!

    I purchased a T2500 2.0GHz Core Duo off Rapebay.

    Installed it today in my A135-S2246 Celeron 430 1.73Mhz.

    BAM BOIS show 2.0GHz Core Duo on boot.
    BAM the CPU-z shows bus is up from 133MHz to 166MHz
    CPU-z shows the Core Duo running full 2.0GHz

    Bottom line <$500 a Core Duo 2.0Ghz running 667MHz FSB & 2GB DDR2 667MHz

    I can't believe it! I can't believe it! I can't believe it! I can't believe it!
    CPU-z link verified
    [​IMG]
     
    slappin, Mar 6, 2007
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    acaurora Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Wow... that's pretty awesome! Thanks for the info!
     
    acaurora, Mar 6, 2007
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  3. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    Still, your Ati Xpress 200 gpu rapes your system :p

    Make sure you have some Arctic Silver 5 or halfway decent thermal compound on your processor to make up for the hotter temperature output.
     
    Airman, Mar 6, 2007
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  4. slappin

    slappin Notebook Enthusiast

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    Actually its better than the intel 9xx IGP

    Computer makers don't put core duo with ATI IGP because it to advertise Centrino Duo on the PC requires a intel GPU on the MOBO.
     
    slappin, Mar 6, 2007
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    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    I realize that obviously, but if you are looking for better performance your GPU is going to be your system bottleneck.
     
    Airman, Mar 6, 2007
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    hey slappin,
    i gather your laptop must bea about 350
    u pay around 140 for 2 gb memory. then how did upgrade to core duo for only 500 bucks.

    did u get the core duo processor for free ?? ;)
     
    zorrran, Mar 6, 2007
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    That's awesome, great upgrade!
     
    moon angel, Mar 6, 2007
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  8. slappin

    slappin Notebook Enthusiast

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    Price break down:
    $320 laptop ($550 -$200 rebate -$30coupon "Office Depot")
    $34 2GB ram ($164 -$100GC amex rewards -$30 sell of 512MB stick "Staples")
    $124 T2500 2.0GHz (Ebay)
    -------------------
    $478 My bottom line
     
    slappin, Mar 6, 2007
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  9. Taevis

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    Just to make sure, is it really socket m479, or is CPU-Z lying? =X I want to know before I consider upgrading.
     
    Taevis, Mar 7, 2007
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    slappin Notebook Enthusiast

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    Celeron M 4xx, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo are all socket m479. They have 478 pins but the socket is called m479 or socket M. Intel did this to not confuse the older P4 478 socket with the newer celeron-core duo 478 socket. Although all it did is confuse people.

    You probably knew all that, but for the sake of the forum I thought I would expound.
     
    slappin, Mar 7, 2007
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  11. timfountain

    timfountain Notebook Consultant

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    OP, care to share any tips on disassembly and actually getting the CPU out?

    Thanks

    - Tim
     
    timfountain, Apr 23, 2007
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