Posts by R-T-B

Quote: Originally Posted by adinu What chipset, urs? The only mobile cpu right now besides CD that supports sse3 instructions is the turion64, none of the PMs have it. 855PM. I might just be screwed, then......

Quote: Originally Posted by Dark Jedi I think only notebooks released this year, starting with the Acer Travelmate 8204, are compatible with Core Duo. Crap. Ok, well thanks anyhow guys. Can you tell me if...

Quote: Originally Posted by adinu First of all its 400Mhz, and no the chipset is wayy to old for it to support core duo. Pity. I only bought this notebook less than a year ago, and I was under the impression...

I have a older notebook (not old, but old enough) that utilizes the Intel 855PM chipset and has a Pentium-M 2Ghz (433Mhz System Bus) processor. I was thinking of attempting to upgrade it to a core duo, but I am afraid the chipset may...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bonox Thanks for reply! I have the latest bios from the "new bios for the 8890" thread but: Do you know the first bios supporting the prescott ? And if i have french keyboard, is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bonox Hi My notebook: 8890 bios: 1.00.04 kbc/ec firmware revision: 1.00.02 p4c 2,6ghz Is it possible to change p4c 2,6 with p4E 3,2ghz ? Without flashing bios or else...

I only have experience with Farstone's products, and I can safely say they are top-notch. I have heard however, that there are freeware products out there that do the same thing just as good. Check it out, maybe you don't have to pay...

Because most devices require 6-pin, thus you don't need an adapter? Convienence? Plus with the size of the notebook, it would look funny to have a tiny 4-pin thing there... Dunno.

Honestly, I can't conclude anything. That's just my best guesswork, and an explanation as too how I came about my other oppinion. I would reasearch it, but I don't even know where to start. The Basilisk II project is all but...

Hmmmm... That's very weird. I though hyperthreading was treated by the OS just like 2 physical CPU's. I stand corrected. I was basing my assumption of of Basilisk II, a macintosh emulator I use to run some classic games on my...