Installing 2.0Ghz Dothan in Dell Inspiron 600m

The_Cheat · 17th December 2004, 9:50 PM

was thinking of updating my Dell Inspiron 600m with a 1.4Ghz Banias to a 2.0Ghz Dothan. Anyone know how to go about this, or had any experience with this?

meggala · 18th December 2004, 12:16 AM

sorry I know its off topic but how much is the 2.0 worht?
cheers

Fortigurn · 18th December 2004, 2:43 AM

You can upgrade the CPUs in laptops? I thought they were soldered in. Or have things changed? Or am I simply ignorant?

meggala · 18th December 2004, 10:34 AM

my asus 's chip is upgradeable not sure about other
cheers
meggala

ixeo · 21st December 2004, 5:53 AM

if you use a bios revision before A10, it'll still work but just say unknown cpu or something along the lines. btw how much is a 2.0Ghz Dothan chip? i'm a fellow 600m user too.

to change em, look for a notch on the top right hand corner of the keyboard, get a flat head screwdriver, wrap the head with a cloth and pop the top plastic off, unscrew the keyboard, remove it and you should see the heatsink assembly... there onwards i think you can manage.. but i think you should get a service manual from dell.

17th December 2004, 9:50 PM	#1
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18th December 2004, 12:16 AM	#2
meggala Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: melbourne Posts: 348	sorry I know its off topic but how much is the 2.0 worht? cheers __________________ http://meggala.com Stuff on nissan import cars & drifting. Asus notebook M6R 1.6 Centrino 1Gb RAM 60Gb HDD connected via vodafone gprs card.

18th December 2004, 10:34 AM	#4
meggala Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: melbourne Posts: 348	my asus 's chip is upgradeable not sure about other cheers meggala __________________ http://meggala.com Stuff on nissan import cars & drifting. Asus notebook M6R 1.6 Centrino 1Gb RAM 60Gb HDD connected via vodafone gprs card.

21st December 2004, 5:53 AM	#5
ixeo Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 29	if you use a bios revision before A10, it'll still work but just say unknown cpu or something along the lines. btw how much is a 2.0Ghz Dothan chip? i'm a fellow 600m user too. to change em, look for a notch on the top right hand corner of the keyboard, get a flat head screwdriver, wrap the head with a cloth and pop the top plastic off, unscrew the keyboard, remove it and you should see the heatsink assembly... there onwards i think you can manage.. but i think you should get a service manual from dell. Last edited by ixeo; 21st December 2004 at 5:56 AM.

18th December 2004, 2:43 AM	#3
Fortigurn Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: taipei.tw Posts: 9,682	You can upgrade the CPUs in laptops? I thought they were soldered in. Or have things changed? Or am I simply ignorant?