Question about Intel P4M

[imported_Goo]

Get a dead laptop from a friend with the old P4M 2.2ghz which the cpu itself should be still in working condition. Is the CPU can be use in a desktop board? And is there still any laptop barebone that support this CPU? I am using AMD the last 6-7yr and don't really follow intel cpu much, sorry about the stupid question.

 

[stevty2889]

I am using a mobile pentium-4 1.6ghz chip in a desktop board. not all desktop boards will properly recognize the chip. Not sure about that chip in particular, but another problem with mobile chips in desktop boards, is that if they use speedstep, the desktop board will always run at the lowest multiplier, and you can't adjust it. I am using an Aopen AX4GE Max with my mobile P4, and it works good. It's an 845 chipset, has SATA and USB 2.0, I got it for like $38 on ebay.

 

[TStep]

Study this thread. It is mostly celeron related, but most of the info should apply to a P4M. Actually I've had boards that accepted P4Ms that wouldn't accept mobile celerons, so compatibility in your case should be much easier. It is loaded with board compatibility info. The 2.2 will revert to a 12x multi on a desktop board. 2.4ghz (12x200fsb) or higher is a reasonable expectation, so you should really look at the 200 fsb boards. I had an Abit AI7 with a P4M, and it performed very well. The dual channel DDR was a plus.

Note: some P4 cpus are really nothing more than desktop chips and they will have a lid on the core. Finding heatsink/fan is easy as all will work. The lidless P4s (you can see the core) need attention to verify good contact beteen the core and the hsf. I primarily was using an SP94 with the lidless varieties, but a few others worked as well.