Xavirious_ Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 So I have a laptop with a AMD Athlon 2400+ and I am wanting to put a 3000+ in it. The only question is weither the voltage difference ( 1.45 for the 2400+ and 1.6 for the 3000+) is going to be a problem. I also have to check to see if the CPU is soldered to the MOBO. I was just wondering what you guys think. I dont think it will be a problem but because its a laptop however I just wanted to see what you guys had to think. Thanks Happy OC'ing and as always.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
evanin Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 I don't think the CPU is soldered to the mobo. The battery life will go down with the increased voltage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchalogamer Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Yeah the battery life will go down and as long as both chips are the same FSB then the board sould support it. Kinda like in my laptop i know it will support all 400 celeron/533 P4s. The reason im sure of this is bc Toshiba offers the other chips in their A45 laptops and offers a link to a PDF about the motherboard in it. idk, you might want to look into what other CPUs were offered in that model to make you feel better about it being compatable. Also it may run hotter bc you wont be able to increase performance with a new CPU cooler. Be sure to put on AS5 or another really good quatilty so you get the best possible cooling for the stock laptop cooling. Mine runs up to 65C max load folding with a 2.6 celeron, so you can imagine puttting in a faster CPU like a 2.8 P4. IDK if any of that is something you hadn't though about, but if oyu havent you should. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 um... have we all forgotten something REAL important? or shall I say 2 things? first off the 2400+ runs @ 133mhz front side bus. the 3000+ could be 166 or 200mhz (x2 to get amd's supposed "fsb"). second the 2400+ is a t-bred. the 3000+ is a barton. with these two facts we have to find out does the motherboard support both things? if not it's over. don't even bother trying to cram a 3000+ in there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 bigred: The Mobile 2400+ is a Barton. All Mobile Bartons run a 133 MHz FSB. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSternMystic Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 But then you have to consider, will the laptop's motherboard be able to support the extra voltage? You could just end up either frying the Motherboard, or the CPU, or both, or just ending up with a processor that's unstable due to lack of sufficient voltage? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavirious_ Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 As Paranoid stated...all moblie Bartons have the same FSB...however I am still debating weither the upgrade will be worth the time and risk. I believe I will stick with upgrading it to 1GB of memory first and see how that works. If the performance still isn't there, I'll consider upgrading the CPU. Thanks for all of your help guys. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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