Nope.
All the Intel mobile chips have the same or about the same number of pins, but each socket arranges them differently. You have the Pentium M socket (which people can't seem to decide whether to call it Socket-478 or Socket-479)...
If you're worried about what the bios update will do, just try it out now. You can just put an older one again if you don't like it, right?
And Rev. E has other advantages, like less heat/power.
If you don't get it preinstalled, then there is no go-to brand for Linux compatibility. Just because Dell sells laptops with Linux doesn't mean that *all* their laptops work with Linux (they don't). It all depends on what's...
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Originally Posted by Rambytes
Ok... after few search, i've found that for the Toshiba Satellite M40 (I hope the M40X it's the same) but it's like to be very close.
For the extendability:
- Type II, PCMCIA R2.01,...
MiniPCI and MiniPCIe are standards, the same on all laptops that use it. Certain laptops, like IBM and HP, block 'non-approved' cards, that is the only time you worry about something not being compatible even though it fits (since you...
No idea if that error implicates the wifi. You can get any minipci to replace it (NOT minipcie).
Get memtest86 on a bootdisk and use it to test the memory.
There's lots of laptops with 2x256 still, believe it or not. I think it's more a matter of how cheap you make it, ram is already pretty cheap brand new, and there's probably a bunch of people trying to sell their 2x512's as well. In the...
In Linux there's an option to disable the button when a disk's in there... so that would indicate that it's possible to do it with some software utility.
