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Hey guys i've got a Acer Travelmate 2305LCi which has exceeded my expections for a budget notebook yes it's a full sized notebook but i still want to take i with me on coaches,trains and planes however the battery life is very poor worse than on my old system the laptop has a Celeron M 360 in it which is essentially a Pentium M banias with speedstep disabled anyways i want to improve my battery life to at least around the 4 hour mark if posible at the moment i get on average 1.30-2 hrs my question is can i put a Pentium M Or Pentium 4-M into this laptop it has a 852GM and will this improve battery life i have checked and the processor is removable in a socket 479 also i will upgrade the ram to 512mb pc2700 to make preformance a bit better so any help guys.
Pentium 4 2.4Ghz
Intel Hazleton 865GM
Intel Extreme 2 GFX
40GB UATA100 HDD 7200RPM
52X Samsung CD-ROM
16X Lite-on DVD +/- RW
Windows XP Home Edition
400W PSU Beige Whitebox ATX Ca
I have an OLD Dell with a PIII-650 that gets 4 hours routinely on a charge that takes 1 hour. It does use speedstep, but I think as the processors have gotten faster and the OS more demanding, the battery life cannot help but suffer.
You may just want to invest in a second (or third) battery to carry with you. It would probably be cheaper than a different processor and be much more satisfying.
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1.5-2.0 hrs is normal. If you want more time, buy a battery with more cells in it.
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I took the liberty of rewriting this post so that I can understand it.
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Hey guys!!I've got an Acer Travelmate 2305LCi which has exceeded my expections for a budget notebook. It's a full sized notebook but I still want to take it with me on coaches,trains and planes. However, the battery life is very poor, worse than on my old system. The laptop has a Celeron M 360 in it which is essentially a Pentium M banias with speedstep disabled. I want to improve my battery life to at least around the 4 hour mark if posible. At the moment I get on average 1.30-2 hrs.
My question is, can I put a Pentium M Or Pentium 4-M into this laptop? It has a 852GM and will this (change) improve battery life? I have checked and the processor is removable in a socket 479. Also, I will upgrade the ram to 512mb pc2700 to make performance a bit better.
(Thanks for) any help guys.
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Bad news:
Your chipset doesn´t support Pentium-M, which would be the only processor to actually save your batterypower a tiny little (maybe) ;)Good news: You can upgrade RAM !
Just be sure its exactly the same stuff you already have inside the laptop, because those b---tardos are very fast to deny your warranty in case of problems afterwards.
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I sure my chipset will support th PENTIUM M processor because the celeron M 360 is a Pentium M dothan with Half Cache 1MB opposed to 2MB and the speedstep disabled as for the post before sorry i have made a mistake the processor socket is 478 fc-pga so i have bought a pentium M 1.4ghz banias 1mb cache speedstep processor just hope it works now thanks for the help but th question hasn't been answer will my battery life be at least 3-4 hours as apposed to 1-2?
Pentium 4 2.4Ghz
Intel Hazleton 865GM
Intel Extreme 2 GFX
40GB UATA100 HDD 7200RPM
52X Samsung CD-ROM
16X Lite-on DVD +/- RW
Windows XP Home Edition
400W PSU Beige Whitebox ATX Ca
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Let us know how that works out please. I think the money was not well spent, but it's your money. I predict minimal battery improvement.
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I hope you could surprise me, and 852GM mate. Good luck. :)
ftp://download.intel.com/design/mobile/desguide/25233803.pdf
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It's got to do with your motherboard design, not just what processors are similar. I bet if Acer could have used it and it was cheaper they would have.
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If you were to do some googling, you'd find the average battery life for your machine is 2 hrs. It uses a 4-cell battery...if you wanna extend the useable time, buy a battery with more cells.
"Four-cell lithium ion battery: up to 2.0 hours life depending on configuration and usage"
"2 hours battery life; (actual battery life may vary, depending on usage and configuration)"
And if the 852GM chipset supports the Pentium, why isn't that mentioned in Intel's product description?
http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/embedded/852gm.htm
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They Guys thanks for everyone's contributions, I got the Pentium M 1.5Ghz 1MB Cache Banias With Speedstep Technology. It was easy to install and booted straight away my inital boot up logo changed from intel inside celeron M to Intel Pentium M success! Anyways as for battery life NHC and Windows AC management both say 2hours 58minutes and my battery is 80% i'm happy also there is a noticable boost in preformance when play games and loading applications also i do wonder why the intel 852gm hasn't got Pentium M support lists. Oh yeah! one last thing what's the maximum Pentium M i can use in it i know the sonama, the newest Pentium M needs a Intel 915 or above what about the dothan will that be supported thanks! at the moment ordering a 6-cell battery and extra 512mb pc2700 to total 768mb thanks everyone once again. What i think is Acer have tweaked the motherboard as my Intel Extreme 2 Mobile Graphics Are Stated At 133Mhz On The Intel 852GM Where As In Windows And Benchmark Tools It Is Reported At 233Mhz and at the moment strange isn't it!
Pentium 4 2.4Ghz
Intel Hazleton 865GM
Intel Extreme 2 GFX
40GB UATA100 HDD 7200RPM
52X Samsung CD-ROM
16X Lite-on DVD +/- RW
Windows XP Home Edition
400W PSU Beige Whitebox ATX Ca
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Heyyy, glad to hear it was recognised ok :)
It´s really hard to answer your question about supported Processors for 852GM, since even the one you have in isn´t supported, according to Intel.
This seems very interesting, but I don´t really have time to dig, so if you ever find out why it isn´t supported, please let us know!
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