IBM/Lenovo R61 7732-CTO

[david_thinkpad]

hello,

have the above mentioned laptop. Nice laptop dual core and such.

want to know the following

1.) Can I beef up the processor to say a core 2 quad?
2.) 4GB memory max? I remember when I had an IBM A31p I could put 1GB in each slot and it would recognize 2GB even though it was limited to 1GB. Can I get away with the same trick? say 4GB in each slot?
3.) Intel turbo memory Code 10 for win7 sp1. According to Lenovo/IBM and Intel I have the latest driver. Still goes to code 10 and win7 can't use it.

Thanks ahead of time
David

[ajkula66]

1) No. You can upgrade to a T9300/9500 or X9000 if you've got money to burn. A SSD and Middleton's BIOS would do wonders for your machine's performance even with a weaker CPU...

2) 8GB max.

3) No clue.

[david_thinkpad]

1.) Middleton's BIOS? Please explain...

[ZaZ]

The BIOS in the R61 era ThinkPads is limited ThinkPads to SATA I speeds while the machines do support SATA II speeds. Middleton's BIOS hack removed the SATA I speed limit. While I'd agree the best upgrade you can make for most users is a SSD, there's little practical difference between SATA I and II for typical usage. I say do the SSD upgrade and see how it goes. Just doing normal stuff like Office and Internet, a quad core will make no difference.