New Pentium chip swap-can it be done easily?
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the upgrade will be determined by the motherboard so you will have to research the manufactures website physically a P2 and P3 are the same until you get to the flipchip  socket 370, most of the old computer motherboards required jumpers to set the speed, personaly the gain will be marginal if you want a real boost get a new motherboard processor combo but price wise you would be better buying a new computer as you probably have windows 95 or 98 and just the operating system will cost close to $100 for XP. If you are on a budget check ebay for a nice P4 system that has a slower processor you should be able to buy something much quicker for $200
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first of all, you need to make sure you get a processor that is compatible with your motherboard, and will work on it. the changing is easy, hardware wise, but it depends on the type processor you are changing, they remove in slightly different way, you computer manual or online supposrt will tell you haow to change it in your computer, if your board is plug and play, it will detct your processor and set it up, if not you will have to find teh settings and set them for your board, older boards you have to set clock speed, bus speed and voltage, depending on the upgrade you are doing, you may have to flash the bios to a newer version. Your best bet is to get the manual for your motherboard online, so you have the info you need. it is not all that easy for an amatuer, do it wrong and fry the processor
129808
Consider buying a new CPU -- not a new writer.
326978
a Pentium M? unfortunately, that is too old to be able to do much with. you should look into getting a newer computer.
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Beware!\nDefinitely get a matched pair - even if your current mobo doesn't support dual channel mode, you may get one that does, one day.\nWhy beware?\nMy GA-K8NSC-939 has four slots.\nI can put a single stick of RAM in either slot 1 or slot 3...\n2 sticks in slots 1 and 3 only - unless they're matched, then they can be in either 1 and 2 or 3 and 4.  If I try this with unmatched sticks the system is not stable.\n3 sticks?  No. Way.\n4 sticks?  Only if two matched pairs...\nThis is not explicitly mentioned anywhere, I learned the hard way.\n\nSo, get matched pairs, the biggest you can.  You may be replacing your existing memory, rather than adding to it.\n\nGood Luck!
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a lot of crappy answers.\nno, you can't replace a Centrino (aka. Pentium M) processor with a Core Duo, because they have different sockets.\nthe Pentium M Centrino has a socket 478, while the Core Duo needs a socket M.
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Yes, you can add one to a regular old PCI slot. They won't be good for gaming.\n\nI upgraded one of my computers with an Nvidia GeForce FX5200 PCI with 128 MB RAM, and it runs everything I need it to. And it is a Compaq, by the way.
902578
if the motherboard you are switching out is vastly different, It will not work, and even if its similar your better off re-installing windows, but if its identical, there will be no problems(any that I've ever found yet anyway)
288158
It is fairly easy, if you do your research and get a cpu that your current motherboard can support, so that you don't have to change it. Just do NOT forget thermal grease. It goes between the cpu and heatsink and if you forget that, kiss your cpu goodbye, it'll burn itself out. A lot of heatsinks come with a little pad of the stuff on them, but I don't really trust it... I put my own on anyway. ONe other thing to note, is that usually when you change your cpu, or your motherboard, you will need to reinstall windows. Don't ask me why, but windows just can't handle those two things changing, and it will cease to function, or function with frequent errors.
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You will probably need to purchase an extra IDE controller.  You can find them cheap online at sites like TigerDirect or NewEgg.\n\nMake sure to get one with it's own BIOS.  It will cost a little more than the non-BIOS ones, but will save you $$ versus buying a new PC.
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Odds are you will need an adapter.\n\nIf I recall correctly, the 1.0 GHz chips were the last ones electrically compatible with the older boards.\n\nTo be honest, the odds are pretty good the the P3 actually benchmarks equally if not better.\n\nI'd test it before messing around with it.  Benchmark them with something like FreshDiagnose.
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If the socket types match as you say, they YES you can but you may have compatibility problems in that the BIOS may not correctly id the cpu... but if the cpu is socket 478 and the chip is 478 then YES you can use it.
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contact hardware specialist (recommended) for better compatibility
832574
Sure you can! Just make sure you know your motherboard's socket number so you don't get one that doesn't fit.
324527
You should either modify your question or repost.\n\nWhat new pentium processor - version number, etc.\n\nWhat do you want to know about it?\n\nPeople can't be expected to answer your question as posted as there is nearly 0 data to respond to, and it is ambiguous: you could be asking if there is going to be a new one, or you could be asking about an existing one.
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theoretically you can. the celeron M 1.5 ghz aka. M370 is compatible with the Pentium M series M7X5 (e.g. the M735). but there is a catch - laptop processors are often soldered on a tiny board and these types won't be sold.\nin case you want to replace it, find out in what form the processor is built in. if it's in the regular form (not manufacturer specific) then it's possible.\np.s. in my opinion it's not worth to upgrade a notebook processor. you wouldn't notice a big increase in speed.
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First of all, there are three different Pentiums available for the XPS 600.  You did not specify which one you have.  4, D, or Extreme.  \n\nSecond, yes - it's possible to change the frequency on any processor - it's just a matter of how, as well as balancing the risk.\n\nThird, I agree with the post above.  You really don't need to overclock this system, epecially if you're running the Extreme or D dual core processors.