What to do with that old pentium 4-m after upgrading your TP

[a31pguy]

You can build a desktop system! It involves breaking off a pin from the Pentium 4-M CPU - so if you want to build a cheap low temperature desktop/tower for your kids (or someone). Here's a way to save a bundle and find a use for that old CPU.

http://will.dashwood.me.uk/pentium4m-2.htm

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... ight=guide

[wolfman]

Cool - so you are retiring the A31P then? Bummer - looked like a sweet machine...or is this the cpu that was in it before the 2.4?

[a31pguy]

Nah not retiring it - just finding some use for the old 1.8 Ghz CPU - since upgrading to the 2.4 GHz. Apparently - it can reach 3.5 Ghz or so when overclocked.

"Achieving 3.5+ Ghz from a 1.8 Ghz P4-M chip, using air cooling, is apparently easily within reach. At slower speeds, very cool temps, even passive cooling, are possible. Very interesting chips -- I'm surprised the P4-Ms haven't attracted more attention from silent computing enthusiasts. They certainly seem to run substantially cooler than desktop Northwood P4 variants. Note that the mobile (P4) celerons are faster than desktop celerons; the mobile celerons have 256 Kb L2 cache, the desktop variants are limited (crippled) to 128 Kb."

[wolfman]

Ah ok - I saw your post in the other forum about your motherboard/video card being on the fritz is why I was asking.

[AlphaKilo470]

Old discarded M chip? Hmmm... KEYCHAIN!