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Pentium M to Pentium M low power swap?

post #1 of 5
11/18/05 at 5:29am
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Greetings,

Recently I have been wondering if it is possible to order a 1.2ghz ultra low power consumption pentium m and install it into a laptop designed for your typical pentium M chip, the one that goes up to 2.26 ghz these days. I find the idea of a ultra long battery life cpu being combined with a high end gpu to be rather attractive. Does anyone know if it is possible? Thanks for your time



-Colleen
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post #2 of 5
11/18/05 at 1:48pm
Good question, if they are pin compatable then it would probably be a matter of undervolting. I would like to know the answer to this as well.
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post #3 of 5
11/18/05 at 1:57pm
You could but there's no real point since:
a) you can undervolt most (if not all) P-Ms significantly to match the ULV P-Ms
b) Dothan's uses virtually no power fully stepped down. It's your other notebook components, like the display and high-end GPU that dictates the battery life.
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post #4 of 5
11/18/05 at 2:03pm
Can you go the other way around? ULV to normal Pentium-M?

I love the ultraportable models, but I hate their cpus.
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post #5 of 5
11/18/05 at 3:48pm
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Originally Posted by GadgetFreak
Can you go the other way around? ULV to normal Pentium-M?

I love the ultraportable models, but I hate their cpus.
I don't think that's possible because ULV setups don't have any fans (usually). Just a heat sink that carries what little heat is generated away from the cpu.
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