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Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:04 pm**

Hello everybody!

A friend of mine is replacing CPU of his TP T20: PIII 700 MHz. Can anybody tell me, if I could replace my CPU - PIII 450MHz - with this one?

Thanx in advance,
A.

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:51 pm**

In future, please don't post the same question in more than one Forum.

Regards,

James

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2005 3:00 pm**

JHEM wrote:In future, please don't post the same question in more than one Forum.

Regards,

James

OK. I didn't expect to get reply that fast. I will remove my post in the "T"-related forum.

Regards,
A.

Posted: **Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:43 pm**

BigCatAndy wrote:Hello everybody!

A friend of mine is replacing CPU of his TP T20: PIII 700 MHz. Can anybody tell me, if I could replace my CPU - PIII 450MHz - with this one?

Thanx in advance,
A.

No. Your board will handle a mmc-2 500mhz CPU.

His 700 is a mpga2 CPU which is quite a bit different.

Posted: **Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:12 pm**

AbsoluteRaleigh wrote:
BigCatAndy wrote:Hello everybody!

A friend of mine is replacing CPU of his TP T20: PIII 700 MHz. Can anybody tell me, if I could replace my CPU - PIII 450MHz - with this one?

Thanx in advance,
A.
No. Your board will handle a mmc-2 500mhz CPU.

His 700 is a mpga2 CPU which is quite a bit different.

OK, thanx for the replies.

But what do you mean with "Your board will handle a mmc-2 500mhz CPU."? Can I install a CPU with higher (than 500 MHz) frequency?

I was going to buy a 650 MHz MMC2 CPU at eBay. Will my 600x handle it?

For me it doesn't make any sense to spend money for 500 MHz CPU, because nobody will see a diffrence between 450 MHz and 500 MHz.

Regards,
A.

Posted: **Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:52 am**

BigCatAndy wrote:
AbsoluteRaleigh wrote: No. Your board will handle a mmc-2 500mhz CPU.

His 700 is a mpga2 CPU which is quite a bit different.
OK, thanx for the replies.

But what do you mean with "Your board will handle a mmc-2 500mhz CPU."? Can I install a CPU with higher (than 500 MHz) frequency?

I was going to buy a 650 MHz MMC2 CPU at eBay. Will my 600x handle it?

For me it doesn't make any sense to spend money for 500 MHz CPU, because nobody will see a diffrence between 450 MHz and 500 MHz.

Regards,

A.

Your unit is not designed to handle the 650mhz.

You can check out this thread for more info:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=8749

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PIII 700 MHz from IBM TP T20 - compatible with 600x?

PIII 700 MHz from IBM TP T20 - compatible with 600x?

Sorry

Re: PIII 700 MHz from IBM TP T20 - compatible with 600x?

Not higher than 500?

Re: Not higher than 500?