Thinking about doing a CPU swap

~~Crash Override~~ · Jan 18, 2004, 01:27 AM

In my laptop I have a mobile P4 2.2GHz CPU and in my main machine I have a 1.7GHz celeron.

Should I be able to do a straight swap on these? In other words put the mobile P4 into my main rig and the celeron into the laptop?

The only issue Im worried about is the laptop heating. Would a 1.7 non mobile work fine in a laptop or?

I know this seems like an odd inquiry but I never really delved into laptops a whole bunch since I primarily do work on DT's

Bane the ECF · Jan 18, 2004, 02:02 AM

Laptops are completely different beasts than desktops. If I was in your position, I wouldn't mess with your system.

blade5545 · Jan 18, 2004, 02:33 AM

I use to work on laptops and my answer is no it would not work and you might also kill your laptop in the process.

~~Crash Override~~ · Jan 18, 2004, 03:49 AM

Hmm seems you might be right on the laptop side of things

Seems that the P4 mobile is only 1.3v while the Celeron is 1.75v

Hmm wish I had the spare cash to pick up a P4 then for my machine so I could get rid of this celeron

drakesteakn · Jan 18, 2004, 04:38 AM

in my laptop i have a regular P4 2.6. it gets very hot, but i have no problems with it.but i bought it like it is. it was tested, so i know it is fine. i wouldn't change the chips.just my opinion.

Jan 18, 2004, 01:27 AM	#1
~~Crash Override~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 2,448 Rep Power: 0	Thinking about doing a CPU swap In my laptop I have a mobile P4 2.2GHz CPU and in my main machine I have a 1.7GHz celeron. Should I be able to do a straight swap on these? In other words put the mobile P4 into my main rig and the celeron into the laptop? The only issue Im worried about is the laptop heating. Would a 1.7 non mobile work fine in a laptop or? I know this seems like an odd inquiry but I never really delved into laptops a whole bunch since I primarily do work on DT's

Jan 18, 2004, 02:02 AM	#2
Bane the ECF DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 220 Rep Power: 0	Laptops are completely different beasts than desktops. If I was in your position, I wouldn't mess with your system. __________________ ASUS K8N-E Motherboard Athlon 64 3200+ 10x200MHz Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu Heatsink & Fan 2x512MB Mushkin Black Level 2 PC-3500 ATi Radeon X800 SE 256MB 100GB Western Digital SE 8MB 7200RPM 320GB Seagate 8MB 7200 RPM Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Sony 19" E400 Trinitron Thermaltake Xaser III V2000A All-Aluminum Logitech Z-5300 5.1 Surround Sound

Jan 18, 2004, 02:33 AM	#3
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	I use to work on laptops and my answer is no it would not work and you might also kill your laptop in the process. __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

Jan 18, 2004, 04:38 AM	#5
drakesteakn boo!!!! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ft. Meyers, FL Posts: 2,041 Rep Power: 0	in my laptop i have a regular P4 2.6. it gets very hot, but i have no problems with it.but i bought it like it is. it was tested, so i know it is fine. i wouldn't change the chips.just my opinion. __________________

Jan 18, 2004, 03:49 AM	Thread Starter #4
~~Crash Override~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 2,448 Rep Power: 0	Hmm seems you might be right on the laptop side of things Seems that the P4 mobile is only 1.3v while the Celeron is 1.75v Hmm wish I had the spare cash to pick up a P4 then for my machine so I could get rid of this celeron