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- Jul 14, 2003
So my MSI Wind u100 with 2gb RAM and an SSD died. I plan on re-using the SSD and the RAM if possible. Im on a tight budget here though. Was close to buying a refurb or scratch and dent surplus laptop from ebay (core2duo based if i were to be cheap, or something like a probook 4430s which his a 2nd gen i5 if i could manage the budget) but decided to keep looking. The Wind was previously set up as a workstation PC for my girlfriend. The auto-overclock feature of the Wind made using it to this day really nice. It would get to nearly 2ghz.
I explained this situation to a coworker of mine and he gave me his old HP dv6103nr. He says it has overheating issues, likely needing to have the thermal paste redone. He said if i could fix it, i could have it. I figure, sure why not!? However, if im gonna be that deep in there, maybe i can upgrade the processor too? I have found conflicting information online about the upgrade path for this thing. It currently has a Core Solo t1350. At first glance it looks like it can only go up to a Core Duo (not a Core 2 Duo) T2700 2.3ghz unit. Further research has people saying they managed to put a Core2Duo in there and the highest of which is supposedly compatible is a Core2Duo T7600. This is what i eventually found that led me there:
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware/CPU-upgrade/td-p/228896
I would just like some feedback. The t7600 seems to run around $40-ish on ebay. This seems liek it would be worth it to me. I dont feel like spending the same $40-ish for a t2700 would be worth it, however (though, i would probably feel safer about doing this upgrade). What do you all think?
I explained this situation to a coworker of mine and he gave me his old HP dv6103nr. He says it has overheating issues, likely needing to have the thermal paste redone. He said if i could fix it, i could have it. I figure, sure why not!? However, if im gonna be that deep in there, maybe i can upgrade the processor too? I have found conflicting information online about the upgrade path for this thing. It currently has a Core Solo t1350. At first glance it looks like it can only go up to a Core Duo (not a Core 2 Duo) T2700 2.3ghz unit. Further research has people saying they managed to put a Core2Duo in there and the highest of which is supposedly compatible is a Core2Duo T7600. This is what i eventually found that led me there:
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware/CPU-upgrade/td-p/228896
I would just like some feedback. The t7600 seems to run around $40-ish on ebay. This seems liek it would be worth it to me. I dont feel like spending the same $40-ish for a t2700 would be worth it, however (though, i would probably feel safer about doing this upgrade). What do you all think?