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need help to update my cpu

  • 21-01-2011 9:17am
    #1
    sean_su1985
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭


    hi,all i have a thinkpad x41. it ha a intel pentium m 1.60ghz cpu inside. bit of slow, i wish to get a faster cpu. counld any mate to tell mewhich one will be the best i can go for, thks


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  • #2
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    tbh looking at the specs below your probably better off saving up for a new laptop as that laptop is so old u'll have trouble finding any parts to run on it that doesnt cook it due to excess heat.

    IBM X41 Specs

    * Processor: Intel Pentium M LV 758 (1.50GHz, 90nm technology, 2MB L2 Cache, 400MHz FSB)
    * Wireless: Intel PRO 2200BG or 2915ABG, Bluetooth optional
    * OS: Windows XP Home/Pro
    * Screen: 12.1" TFT XGA (1024 x 768)
    * RAM: 256MB or 512MB/1536MB PC-4200 DDR-2 SDRAM
    * Hard Drive: 1.8" 20GB, 30GB, 40GB or 60GB @ 4200RPM
    * Battery: 2.5 hr (4-cell) 5.7 hr (8-cell) (extended-life battery option adds 3 - 4 hours of life on top of quoted numbers for each respective battery)
    * Ports: 2 USB 2.0 (1 IBM Powered USB 2.0), Infrared, expansion bus (for optional ThinkPad X4 Ultra Base Doc); external display; AC adapter; RJ-11 modem port;RJ-45 ethernet port; audio: headphone/line-out, external microphone.
    * Slots: 1 PCMCIA card slot, 1 Secure Digital card slot
    * Dimensions: 10.5" x 8.3" x 1.06" (w x d x h) (with 8-cell battery it's 10.5" x 9.3" x 1.06")
    * Weight: 2.7lb with 4-cell battery, 3.2lb with 8-cell battery
    * Expansion: ThinkPad X4 UltraBase dock optional


  • #3
    Odaise Gaelach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Odaise Gaelach


    Nothingbetter2d is right about the cost/benefit tradeoff. For the money that you would spend replacing the processor in your Thinkpad you would be better off getting a new laptop. :)

    Also I would mention that, unless you've done it before, upgrading a laptop's CPU can be an extremely difficult, messy and time-consuming process. You have to take apart the whole laptop in order to get to the CPU and then re-assemble it essentially from scratch.


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