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upgrading ibm laptop

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p3z

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I would like to know what is the easiest/cheapest way to upgrade the cpu of an ibm laptop. It is a 266.
 
IMO, you're better off junking it and buying a new laptop. The parts for a laptop are very proprietary and it is hard to upgrade one without spending a fortune.
 
i agree, be better to get a new one
these cpus are soldered on the mainboard in BGA packaging, if you replace the CPU, you also replace the mainboard which has the north/south bridges as well, even if you do manage to find a mainboard with a higher clock chip, your cooling system in the notebook isn't designed to work with hotter chips. and if you get a BX chipset, you have to replace the ram since the 266 runs on 66Mhz SDRAm, assuming it is unsing SDRAm
 


<< I would like to know what is the easiest/cheapest way to upgrade the cpu of an ibm laptop. It is a 266. >>

It is not upgradeable. You have to buy a new laptop if you want a faster CPU.
 
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