Upgrading the cpu in an older laptop possible?

[Davegod75]

So I have an old compaq presario 730us laptop that has a Duron 1Ghz processor and KN133 mobo.

Do you think I would be able to stick in a Athlon XP-M 2400+?

Specs on each processor are below.

current:
Duron 1000(morgan) 1000 MHz 64 KiB 200 MT/s 10x 1.75 V 46.1 W

want to put in:
Athlon XP-M 2400+(barton) 1800 MHz 512 KiB 266 MHz 13.5x 1.35 V 35 W

 

[lobbyone]

You probably have to check first if the CPU is soldered or pinned.

 

[Davegod75]

it is not soldered

 

[Ketchup]

Your board would probably fry that barton. Your best upgrade option would be a Palomino core Athlon XP.

 

[Davegod75]

Originally posted by: ketchup79
Your board would probably fry that barton. Your best upgrade option would be a Palomino core Athlon XP.

why would it fry it?

edit: I see the voltage. Hopefully I can lower the voltage manually on my motherboard. (KN133)

edit2: won't the mobo adjust the voltage automatically? I thought most mobo's do that.

 

[Davegod75]

bump

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Davegod75
So I have an old compaq presario 730us laptop that has a Duron 1Ghz processor and KN133 mobo.

Do you think I would be able to stick in a Athlon XP-M 2400+?

Specs on each processor are below.

current:
Duron 1000(morgan) 1000 MHz 64 KiB 200 MT/s 10x 1.75 V 46.1 W

want to put in:
Athlon XP-M 2400+(barton) 1800 MHz 512 KiB 266 MHz 13.5x 1.35 V 35 W

as configged by Compaq ..730us 1.4 Athlon4 pga 35w highest spec proc from Compaq for it...gl

 

[Ketchup]

Originally posted by: Davegod75

Originally posted by: ketchup79
Your board would probably fry that barton. Your best upgrade option would be a Palomino core Athlon XP.

why would it fry it?

edit: I see the voltage. Hopefully I can lower the voltage manually on my motherboard. (KN133)

edit2: won't the mobo adjust the voltage automatically? I thought most mobo's do that.

Mobos will only adjust to the extent of the chips they were designed for. Your board wasn't designed for a 1.3 volt chip, so, like I said, it would probably just fry it.

 

[Jiggz]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon

Originally posted by: Davegod75
So I have an old compaq presario 730us laptop that has a Duron 1Ghz processor and KN133 mobo.

Do you think I would be able to stick in a Athlon XP-M 2400+?

Specs on each processor are below.

current:
Duron 1000(morgan) 1000 MHz 64 KiB 200 MT/s 10x 1.75 V 46.1 W

want to put in:
Athlon XP-M 2400+(barton) 1800 MHz 512 KiB 266 MHz 13.5x 1.35 V 35 W

as configged by Compaq ..730us 1.4 Athlon4 pga 35w highest spec proc from Compaq for it...gl

This is your best upgrade route but if you want to take a chance for a higher spec cpu go for it. With the dirt cheap price of Athlon cpu's it's worth it!

 

[MDE]

The XP-M chips are basically low-voltage Athlon XPs which ran at 1.65V default, so 1.75V would only be a minor overvolt. It'll run a little hot compared to stock voltages, but shouldn't be too much hotter than the original CPU.

 

[Davegod75]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon

Originally posted by: Davegod75
So I have an old compaq presario 730us laptop that has a Duron 1Ghz processor and KN133 mobo.

Do you think I would be able to stick in a Athlon XP-M 2400+?

Specs on each processor are below.

current:
Duron 1000(morgan) 1000 MHz 64 KiB 200 MT/s 10x 1.75 V 46.1 W

want to put in:
Athlon XP-M 2400+(barton) 1800 MHz 512 KiB 266 MHz 13.5x 1.35 V 35 W

as configged by Compaq ..730us 1.4 Athlon4 pga 35w highest spec proc from Compaq for it...gl

Thanks for the link. What is PGA? Is the above processor the one on this page (AXMD1600FJQ3C)?

Thanks

 

[Davegod75]

Originally posted by: ketchup79

Originally posted by: Davegod75

Originally posted by: ketchup79
Your board would probably fry that barton. Your best upgrade option would be a Palomino core Athlon XP.

why would it fry it?

edit: I see the voltage. Hopefully I can lower the voltage manually on my motherboard. (KN133)

edit2: won't the mobo adjust the voltage automatically? I thought most mobo's do that.

Mobos will only adjust to the extent of the chips they were designed for. Your board wasn't designed for a 1.3 volt chip, so, like I said, it would probably just fry it.

I dunno about that. The HP parts order page says I can put in a XP-M 1400Mhz which is 35 watts TDP. The 2400 is also 35 watts TDP. Both chips are 1.35V