X40: is a CPU upgrade possible?

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roibm · #1 Post by **roibm** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:40 am

I'm interested about an X40 and I was wondering whether a CPU upgrade is possible... is it?
I know it has to be an ULV processor and all, and I also know there aren't many choises out there(up to 1.4 or 1.5GHz) and I don't even know if I need an upgrade since the machine will be exclusively used for development(no games, nor something multimedia). I plan for 1Gb RAM.

thanks for any feedback.

gazingwa · #2 Post by **gazingwa** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:44 am

sorry, it is part of the board... upgrade the memory and hope faster 1.8" drives come out... good luck

roibm · #3 Post by **roibm** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:59 am

hmmm... not nice, not nice @ all
as about the hdd, I really don't think I need anything faster since I'll be using linux, only RAM and no swap partition, meaning minimum hdd I/O

gazingwa · #4 Post by **gazingwa** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:06 am

any P-m will be fine for development... the x40 has quite a bit of power especially when you up the memory... this coming from someone who is happy on an x20 still...... p3-600 320mb ram 5400 rpm drive

MobileGuru · #5 Post by **MobileGuru** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:16 pm

You could always order the uplevel planar with faster processor. Might cost you a small fortune but swapping it out would give you faster performance.

roibm · #6 Post by **roibm** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:30 pm

MobileGuru wrote:the uplevel planar with faster processor.

uppps... what is that? you mean to say the hi-end X40 with 1.4GHz?

MobileGuru · #7 Post by **MobileGuru** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:53 am

Ya you could always order in the FRU part of the higher processor planar board .. and install that to get to 1.4Ghz.

gazingwa · #8 Post by **gazingwa** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:22 am

That wouldn't cost an arm and a leg

.... really it wouldn't

..... (pulls out the hack saw)

X40: is a CPU upgrade possible?

X40: is a CPU upgrade possible?

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