T30 cpu upgrade

[pengang]

My T30 cpu currently runs at 1.6GHz. If I upgrade it to a 2Ghz or 2.2 Ghz cpu, do I need to change the crystal oscillator, or does it just magically run at the higher speed. Thanks in advance.

[agarza]

You just swap your old processor and put the new one in place. There's no thing such a crystal oscillator in laptops. But bare in mind that putting a faster Pentium 4-M processor there will be more heat generated, thus generating your fan to be ON more time than you used to hear it. A good thermal paste is also recommended. If the price for a faster processor is reasonable go for the upgrade, instead, it's better to upgrade RAM and HD for a visible up in performance

[danage]

it isnt worth upgrading the processor in a t30, even if you "only" have 1,6 ghz. i worked with them at nearly all speeds available from 1,6 to 2,6 ghz and barely noticed a difference.

a faster hard drive is the recommended upgrade for the t30, as well as ram somewhere between 512mb and a gig.

try a search it's been discussed quite frequently.

hope this helps :)

[pengang]

Thanks for your input.

Do we know why upgrading to a higher speed doesn't help? Frankly, my T30 is quite fast because it has 1.0 Gb of memory and the disk system is quite fast - 5400rpm seagate 80Gb. But I imagine it can be even faster if the CPU was 2.2ghz.

[danage]

yes, because in normal office applications the frequency is mostly at 1,2 gigahertz anyways. what makes the t30 faster is ram, gpu, north- and southbridges compared to the t23. and of course hard drive.

in my opinion, your system seems pretty maxed out.

you would probably notice speed enhancements if you did a lot of video encoding for example.