[ltp] Upgrading a Thinkpad 600 ...

[Michael W. Holdeman]

I bought a TP600 2 years ago. PII 233, Last year bought one with a broken=
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screen, and swapped the processor to a 300. Absolutly NO Probs! Really ma=
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difference with the COL I was running at the time. More mem. helped too!
I'm not sure about anything faster than a 300 as they weren't offered wit=
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Mboard in the 600's. I'd like to go faster if anyone else has had success=
?

Mike




On Friday 11 October 2002 03:06 am, brianweber4@attbi.com wrote:
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s
> ***I upgraded my 380Z PII 233 to a PII 333 I bought on ebay for $40.00 =
US.
> It was easy!
>
> I also upgraded a 380XD Pentium 233 to a PII 266! I
> flashed the BIOS with 380 PII BIOS, shut it down,
> replaced the processor and done!
>
> I would do it if I were you. But, IBM says processor
> upgrades are not possible.
>
> Brian
>
> > *** List MOVED use linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org for future posti=
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> > ***I've noticed that older (PII/300) Thinkpad processor cards are run=
ning
> > fairly cheap on Ebay these days ($20-$30-ish).  I've got a Thinkpad 6=
00
> > (no E or X) with a 266 MHz PII, and was wondering if it was possible =
to
> > just replace the 266 MHz card with one of these 300 MHz (FRU
> > #10L1230) cards.  Taking the machine apart doesn't intimidate me, but=
 if
> > it won't work I don't want to waste my time.
> >
> > So, has anyone on the list tried swapping processor cards in a 600?
> > Is it painless, or did your Thinkpad explode - requiring you
> > to go to the hospital to have little bits of ultrabay removed from yo=
ur
> > face? :)
> >
> > I'm contemplating upgrading to Redhat 8, and I think every little bit=
 of
> > speed will help!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -CT
> >
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