R50e Double height PCMCIA?

[Solvalou]

Hi there I am new here but I will try not to be a 1 thread wonder and actually be of some use to the forum. I guess it would be good to start from the beginning (if you don't want to hear my life story feel free to skip to the last paragraph. ).

I came into posession of my Danish layout R50e quite recently from a car boot sale of all places! It had a measly 20GB HD, A rather asthmatic 1.4 Ghz Intel Celeron, 512Mb DDR333 RAM and a CD/RW - DVD ROM drive. However she was bundled with a Lacie 200Gb external HD, a portable Canon colour printer with a load of spare inks, a laptop mouse and a very nice quality bespoke bag to carry it all in. Amazing for £20 (about $35)!!!

Anyway since then I have converted her to a UK verson with a NOS UK layout K/B, upgraded the CPU to a 1.7 Ghz Intel Centrino, an 80Gb HD, 2Gb DDR400 RAM and a DVD/RW Combo drive from a Lenovo machine. I hope to get a 2 Ghz Pentium or even the fastest and rarest breed 2.1 Ghz example one day but for the time being, this is now a speedy enough machine and the CPU was virtually free and unused so it was ideal at the time.

Something which is odd is I have realised it has a duel height PCMCIA port with space for 2 cards. Well in theroy but the top one has no pins and only allows an ordinary PCMCIA card to go in about an inch before stopping. The other works functions fine but I am curious why it is there? Was it meant to have 2 ports but cheaper models didn't have it or is it a more scarce format which is similar to PCMCIA but with opposite genders?

Any light on this would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[ilakast]

According to the big book, indeed the R50e's have only one slot (I just realised it for mine too!)

One Type I, one Type II, or one Type III / CardBus 32-bit / PCMCIA 2.1 / integrated door

[RealBlackStuff]

You may want to upgrade to one of these Dothan CPUs (twice the cache with 2MB):
Pentium M 735 SL7EP 1700 MHz
Pentium M 745 SL7EN 1800 MHz
Pentium M 755 SL7EM 2000 MHz
Pentium M 765 SL7V3 2100 MHz
But my advice: don't go over 1800MHz, otherwise the CPU will run too hot!

[Solvalou]

You don't think 2.1Ghz is a good idea I asume? Is the airflow really that bad or are they just CPU's that are prone or are known to have heat issues?