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Replace Pentium I with Pentium II?
Name: Maxwell (by Prince_Maxwell) Date: November 22, 2004 at 10:20:11 Pacific OS: Windows 98 SE CPU/Ram: Pentium I/40MB
Comment:
Greetings all, I'm back...
My question is this: I have an old Magitronics 600 laptop with a Pentium I processor and 40 Mb of RAM. A friend of mine is donating an old PII processor, and I was wondering if I could swap it out for the original Pentium I. I read somewhere that the PII uses a different connection to the motherboard, so I'm not sure if it's doable. As usual, any and all responses are greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Name: jam Date: November 22, 2004 at 10:31:20 Pacific
Reply:
Nope, it won't work...different CPU sockets
Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @8x210mhz 512mb PC3200 Ti4200/8X 128mb WDC 60GB
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Response Number 2
Name: ham30 Date: November 22, 2004 at 10:36:20 Pacific
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Also swapping motherboards might cause your `Restore' disks not to work. Manufacturer's generally lock their software to the bios on their motherboards.
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Response Number 3
Name: ddp59 Date: November 22, 2004 at 12:53:46 Pacific
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p1 uses sockets 5 to 8 whereas p2 uses a slot cnnector which is bigger than the p1 cpu so won't fit into laptop
david
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Response Number 4
Name: Maxwell (by Prince_Maxwell) Date: November 22, 2004 at 12:58:53 Pacific
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