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Can you upgrade/mod a IBM T42p to a due core?

post #1 of 3
12/25/08 at 1:44am
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I deeply involved in the going green industry, and have fond our current laptops need a duel core for all the web and engineering applications. I know the processor is replaceable on the mobo, but can you put a duel core in? What about memory performance issues? Can you/has anyone upgraded/replaced their T42p mobo to anything faster better? I would love this path over replacing all these T42p units that function perfectly except that the processor is usually pushing 100% most of the time and makes things very innefficiant and ultimatly not green ;-)

Thanks in advance!
MD
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post #2 of 3
12/26/08 at 10:29am
Sorry, it isn't possible.

The architecture on these machines is only compatible with Pentium M processors. The Pentium M and Core2Duo CPUs use different sockets making them physically incompatible. Besides, the chipset would not support a dual core CPU.

No amount of modding, pin modding, drivers or BIOS hacks or upgrades is going to allow the T42p to take dual core CPUs.

Sorry.
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post #3 of 3
12/28/08 at 10:32pm
hmm chances are the reason why your laptop has been pushing 100% is either
A) intel's speedstep nonsense
B) your processor is having heating issues
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