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Can I install an amd64 chip on centrino laptop

post #1 of 27
3/30/05 at 3:29pm
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Is it possible to do?
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post #2 of 27
3/30/05 at 3:31pm
No. They have different interfaces for the CPUs.
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post #3 of 27
3/30/05 at 3:33pm
You are kidding, right?

Have you looked at which company makes the Centrino Line of chips and motherboard?

Oh wait, that's right, it's Intel.

So the answer is a simple, plain (and obvious) No.
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post #4 of 27
3/30/05 at 3:33pm
No...

Can you put a Monkey Brain inside a Lion and still operate properly?
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post #5 of 27
3/30/05 at 3:35pm

In the famous words of Homer Simpson "DOH!"

go ahead and stick it in the slots may not look compatible but you gotta push really hard just send me some pictures after your done

good luck
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post #6 of 27
3/30/05 at 3:59pm
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Ok sorry people
I am sorry for not knowing as much as you


Right then
I just got a centrino sonoma laptop,
when this 64bit thing comes in will i be able to do anything?
will i be able to upgrade to new intel chip
and what will that cost?
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post #7 of 27
3/30/05 at 4:07pm
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Originally Posted by Chilipop
Ok sorry people
I am sorry for not knowing as much as you


Right then
I just got a centrino sonoma laptop,
when this 64bit thing comes in will i be able to do anything?
will i be able to upgrade to new intel chip
and what will that cost?
Nope, as newer processors release, their pin configuration, voltage, the chipset supporting it, changes as well. The CPU is the brain of the PC, however the chipset is the traffic coordinator. So those usually go hand in hand with newer technology.

For example, original centrino was on the 855chipset, now with sonoma a faster bus pentium-m, it is on the 915 chipset.

etc.
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post #8 of 27
3/30/05 at 4:09pm
Don't listen to them. You can do anything you set your mind to.
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post #9 of 27
3/30/05 at 4:10pm
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Originally Posted by Studio54
Don't listen to them. You can do anything you set your mind to.
True, so as suggested above, try it and let us know how it goes. Include screenshot of the socket too!

ehehhe
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post #10 of 27
3/30/05 at 4:14pm
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Ok thanks anyway so how long until my sonoma is obsolete?
will it support windows longhorn????
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post #11 of 27
3/30/05 at 4:18pm
Yes it will support long horn

Sonoma, not for awhile. Even if Dual Core get release, sonoma will be around. Just like the Centrino still around even if Sonoma is released.
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post #12 of 27
3/30/05 at 4:19pm
Sonoma = Centrino. The latest version of Centrino.
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post #13 of 27
3/30/05 at 4:20pm
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Originally Posted by Chilipop
Ok sorry people
I am sorry for not knowing as much as you


Right then
I just got a centrino sonoma laptop,
when this 64bit thing comes in will i be able to do anything?
will i be able to upgrade to new intel chip
and what will that cost?
Read my previous post and remember to send me some pictures
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post #14 of 27
3/30/05 at 4:27pm
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Originally Posted by Pclover8891
Read my previous post and remember to send me some pictures
yeah shut the **** up ok!
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post #15 of 27
3/30/05 at 4:29pm
Read these links:
http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=67357
http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=72162

Basically in summary...

Centrino is a marketing term. The original Centrino was code name Carmel. The second generation Centrino code name is Sonoma.

In the market world, they are both known as "Centrino".
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post #16 of 27
3/30/05 at 4:38pm
I think some of the confusion arises because the switch to Sonoma occurred with a new chipset. The processor is still Dothan, although operating at frequencies now permitted by the new chipset.
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post #17 of 27
3/30/05 at 4:40pm
That is correct, the processor Intel Pentium-M is still Dothan....

Sonoma, Carmel, Centrino..whatever you want to call it is a triangle requirement. In order to utilize the name "Centrino" notebook it must have

1) Intel Pentium-M processor
2) Intel Pentium Chipset 855 or 915
3) Intel Pro Wifi

Miss one, then you got just a laptop
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post #18 of 27
3/30/05 at 4:42pm
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Originally Posted by anthean
I think some of the confusion arises because the switch to Sonoma occurred with a new chipset. The processor is still Dothan, although operating at frequencies now permitted by the new chipset.

oh right this is my laptop
http://www.gericom.com/index.php?id=...tt_products=55

does the fact that is is 533mHz make it much quicker, will i notice a difference to old centrino 1.4
by the way the laptop is in the post, did'nt get it Yet
I AM IRISH
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post #19 of 27
3/30/05 at 4:58pm
Wow. Just wow. I didn't think this question would be possibly even considered. Ever.
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post #20 of 27
3/30/05 at 5:39pm
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Originally Posted by Edwin
Wow. Just wow. I didn't think this question would be possibly even considered. Ever.
Ok
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