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Posted: **Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:56 am**

Pentium M Banias Centrino CPU 1.5GHz 1MB 400MHz 4 sSpec SL6F9

Great upgrade for ALL T4x and R5x Series ThinkPads.

Makes a big difference when upgrading from a Celeron CPU or Banias - improves battery life (Celeron) and performance.

This is a B stepping CPU and will work with all T4x and R5x machines.

Reduced to $25 delivered in the U.S.

More info in this link;

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=32165

Posted: **Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:59 pm**

Price reduced to $35 delivered. Lower offers won't be accepted. This is a great upgrade for Celeron R5x's.

Posted: **Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:41 pm**

Off to eBay if not sold in next few days...

Posted: **Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:30 am**

Price reduced to $30 delivered in U.S. Off to eBay after Thanksgiving. Thanks for looking.

Posted: **Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:19 pm**

This is tempting, as I have a R51 Celeron 1.3 coming next week..

MMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......................

Ron

Posted: **Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:15 pm**

Ron-

I saw you snagged that one off eBay at a great price - within the first hour it was posted. I would have nabbed it, too, had I gotten there first.

Let me know if you want the CPU, this is the exact model I used to upgrade a Celeron R51. It does make a noticeable speed and battery life difference. Plus you can remove the Celeron sticker and you'll see a Pentium M or Centrino logo at bootup - for $30, how can you beat that?!

If you're careful and slightly talented, all you have to remove is the keyboard to perform the upgrade.

Posted: **Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:33 pm**

"If you're careful and slightly talented, all you have to remove is the keyboard to perform the upgrade."

Thanks for the encouragement..........

Ron

Posted: **Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:01 am**

Final bump, or it's off to the wood shed...eBay...

Posted: **Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:26 am**

$25 delivered in U.S., no questions asked

Posted: **Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:29 am**

YGPM..............

Ron

Posted: **Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:47 am**

And I was about to "upgrade" my T43 from 533 to 400MHz...

Posted: **Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:23 am**

dsigma6 (Dan), you must have had every model of TP by now.

I would be interested to hear about 'upgrading' a T43 from a 533 bus CPU over 1.73GHz to a 400 bus Banias or Dothan. I wonder if the fan noise and heat would be reduced and if the battery life would increase. Or if you really can't tell the difference.

It'd be a nice experiment.

Posted: **Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:33 am**

I've had a modest collection over the course of 10 months with ThinkPads. If only I still had them all...

You won't find a T43 guinea pig here! I don't even want to remove a screw sticker. I've got to keep this thing immaculate for resale down the line, as I noticed prices aren't as high as I had hoped. It'll probably only be worth $500 this time next year, even with 14 months of warranty left by that point.

I bought this advertised as not having the fan noise...it does.

It's annoying, but only in quiet environments- ie. turn the TV up!

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Sold: Pentium M Banias CPU 1.5GHz 1MB 400MHz SL6F9-$25

Sold: Pentium M Banias CPU 1.5GHz 1MB 400MHz SL6F9-$25