TransNote CPU upgrade...

[blitzlinger]

Greetings all!

I'm thinking of upgrading my TransNote (model 2675-61U, and yes, the first Tablet PC by IBM) stock 600MHz P-III Mobile CPU to a P-III 850Mhz, or even 1GHz if I can get away with the voltage issues. Suggestions or any help would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers!

[blitzlinger]

CPU-Z version 1.21.

CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 1
Code Name Coppermine
Specification Intel Pentium III E 600MHz
Family / Model / Stepping 6 8 6
Extended Family / Model 0 0
Brand ID 2
Package BGA/Micro-PGA
Core Stepping cC0
Technology 0.18 ?/small>
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, SSE
CPU Clock Speed 597.4 MHz
Clock multiplier x 6.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 99.6 MHz
Bus Speed 99.6 MHz
L1 Data Cache 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 32 Bytes line size
L2 Latency 0
L2 Speed 597.4 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 ECC Check enabled
L2 Data Prefetch Logic no
L2 Bus Width 256 bits

Motherboard manufacturer IBM
Motherboard model 267561U, Not Available
BIOS vendor IBM
BIOS revision KVET29WW (1.02 )
BIOS release date 09/25/2001
Chipset Intel i440BX/ZX rev. C1
Southbridge Intel rev. C1
AGP Status enabled, rev. 0.0
AGP Data Transfert Rate 0x
AGP Side Band Addressing supported, not enabled
AGP Aperture Size 64 MBytes

[schaki]

A hdd with 7200 rpm, should do good if u want to speed up the system a bit. The Hitachi 7k60 begin to be cheap now, and may be a good choice.

[whizkid]

Get your HMM and find out if the TransNote use a CPU module. If it doesn't and the CPU is soldered in, give up.

Second, the TransNote doesn't have SpeedStep, so any PIII faster than 600MHz will run 150MHz slower than its normal clock speed. The fastest PIII with a 100MHz bus that I've heard about is 850MHz, which would run at 700.

The 710T was the first ThinkPad tablet, with a screaming 25MHz 486 and a 60MB hard drive. Anyone remember Windows for Pen Computing?

Oh wow, I just saw the 700T (over at ThinkWiki.org): A 20MHz 386 with a solid state 20MB drive. Wow.

[blitzlinger]

Whizkid, sorry but the TransNote does have the Intel SpeedStep technology. Also the CPU isn't soldered in, so it is apparently upgradeable but IBM never did it due to lack of demand. The 600Mhz CPU is fast enough for pretty much anything but modern games.

As for doing the upgrade, I have not pursued it as my beloved TransNote is sold.

[whizkid]

Good news about SpeedStep. I thought Intel only made them down to 650MHz, so that shows what I know.

[epbrown]

Someone posted to the Transnote list saying the upgrade is possible, but I still don't see how. The TN doesn't appear to use the subcard technology of the 600X, nor have I seen it referred to about the X20 (which the Transnote is based on). Has anyone here actually performed the upgrade?

[boon]

this is an old post...but have anyone succeed in upgrading the transnote cpu yet?

[epbrown]

I looked into this seriously, to the point of buying a new motherboard and a couple of compatible CPUs.Unfortunately, the processors are surface mounted and need special equipment and a healthy chunk of skill to remove and replace, and every quote I got wanted $700-$1000 to do the job, with no guarantee it would work afterwards. In the end I cut my losses and continue to use my t-notes as-is.