I have just upgraded my t40 from p-m 1.3g to dothan 1.8g

[Kenn]

the 7k60 of dell's price is much higher now. unlucky.
I want to buy the E7K60 instead of 7k60.
the best price of E7K60 I found is $165

I think the E7K60 is designed more for rack mount servers, the 7K60 is designed to work at higher temps so is probably the best solution for a laptop. People seem to use both though and I haven't actually heard of any problems yet.

Might want to be careful on this one. I remember reading here that one of the two (the server version) is indeed designed for rack-mount servers, and thus does not power down! If true, that would put a damper on most laptop applications...

[nikemen]

So, the new 2379 DXU's that I bought my oflks, are 1.7 m DOTHANs, I have a 1.4 m in my 2374 4GU. I bought it about five months ago, actually it is a t41

Can I simply open up their machine and swap out the processors? How hard is this, and what has to be changed? Do I change settings in thte BIOS, or will it simply read the new processor?

What about FAN and CPU stepping. Will it just work and understand the speed and temp restrictions of the new processor? That would be pretty sweet, and they wouuld never know the differance.

anyone know if the above is possible?

[I get Taurens]

quote "for T41/40 you must upgrade your BIOS to 3.05 or above, otherwise, you will get system blue screens, in which case you have to put back the older processor, update BIOS then upgrade your processor."

correct me if I am wrong, I think the BIOS will contain FAN operational instructions. and it seems that both 41/42 can use the same BIOS update, updating BIOS will should do it for all you

cheers