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Gateway M505X CPU upgrade?

post #1 of 10
4/26/06 at 10:11am
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I know the M505X is ancient by now, but I am still loving mine and was wondering if it's possible to upgrade the CPU? Maybe a 2.1Ghz Intel 765 with 2MB cache and 400MHz FSB?

Does anyone know if the CPU is actually soldered on or socketed?

And finally, has anything like this been attempted before?
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post #2 of 10
4/28/06 at 4:45am
Too bad that Gateway/eMachines is so poor in technical information. One must always go around and check the specs using other "relative" system.
Gateway M505x is pretty much the same as Gigabyte N601 - as in m6805 and Targa 811 and ... - so according to the specs on the Gigabyte, it can handle Pentium M and Dothan CPUs up to 1.8GHz

I have yet heard any centrino CPU being soldered onto the board.

cheers ...
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post #3 of 10
4/28/06 at 6:13pm
Honestly the M505 is the best system I have ever owned. I am ready to kick myself in the head for selling it on ebay. Trying searching google I believe I saw an upgrade article for the M505. If I find it I will post it as well.
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post #4 of 10
4/28/06 at 11:44pm
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My only reservation is taking the laptop apart... I don't want to mess up the excellent build quality.

I wonder if 1.8Ghz was simply the fastest CPU out at the time. Is there any reason why the 2.1Ghz CPU won't work? It appears to have the same voltage/TDP spec.

One thing about the M505x that I don't like is the aggressive fan, which kicks in for a second or three every couple seconds.
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post #5 of 10
4/29/06 at 1:31pm
well 1.8ghz centrino is well over the normal 2.++ ghz system
anything that is above the "recommended" supported cpu speed, one must be paying attention to chipset/bios/mobo specs details. u can always give it a shot :-)
i can share ur concern when taking the lappy apart. until this day i know only hp/compaq which offers almost always a service guide with their product, aloowing the brave souls to tinkle inside the box. w/o a service guide, i'd be reluctant myself to open the box - that why it is so cool with this eMachines forum since we are pretty much "nutso" in creating our own "service/upgrade" guide. hat off to all members!

cheers ...
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post #6 of 10
4/29/06 at 3:06pm
My M505X is 21 months of daily 12+ hour use and it is still perfect ...

I see no reason to upgrade to a better processor.
with 1 gig of high quality memory this baby flys
with anything I do. DVDs 4+ hours a day
Runs FEAR and DOOM 3 and Quake 4 and FarCry
amazingly well. Am hoping it will run STALKER next year
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post #7 of 10
4/29/06 at 3:23pm
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Originally Posted by dlukesdoom
...I see no reason to upgrade to a better processor...
well, it exists always some crazy dudes (and dudesses) like myself - per example - who'd just like to see how far we can stretch the performance of the machine ;-)

cheers ...
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post #8 of 10
4/29/06 at 3:27pm
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Yeah I don't think I am willing to sacrifice build quality for some minor performance bump that's already slow by today's standard anyway. You really should go up to 2 GB if possible, definitely helps the laptop stay off the HD as much as possible.

I kinda got ripped and got the screen with slow response time. It was even worse than the Dell inspiron 8000 it replaced... but oh well, what can you do.
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post #9 of 10
4/29/06 at 5:38pm
have been gone from the forums for a while, but my m505x is still running perfectly...I've ran it to death and it still has the original os...haven't had to reformat but probably will soon just to freshen things up a bit.....i was wondering if you m505x owners have seen anything similar to it in terms of quality and bang for your buck? My sister needs a laptop and I'm going to find her something good....just curious...

as far as the cpu upgrade, a while back someone mentioned something about it being soldered to the socket but I'm not sure...I would be nice though but not worth the risk...

I'm contemplating on upgrading to a bigger hard drive though....
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post #10 of 10
7/25/06 at 9:53pm
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Originally Posted by dlukesdoom
My M505X is 21 months of daily 12+ hour use and it is still perfect ...

I see no reason to upgrade to a better processor.
with 1 gig of high quality memory this baby flys
with anything I do. DVDs 4+ hours a day
Runs FEAR and DOOM 3 and Quake 4 and FarCry
amazingly well. Am hoping it will run STALKER next year

same here!!! can anybody tell me how to upgrade to 1 gb i still have 512 mb ram on mine
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