From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Sun Jul 15 2001 - 15:55:37 EDT
from my one trip inside a 600 series, the cpu was soldered on..
much more difficult than a plug in cpu..
the 390X it appears has a plug in cpu, thus its easy..
for the 600 series, i think i'll revert to my old "not fiscally a good idea"
when better computers are available at the residual value of the replaced
unit plus the anticipated cost of the upgrade..
i.e. a 600 is worth a good $500 plus..
the upgrade would cost $300 more or less and void any remaining warranty..
so, take the $800 add in the warranty value and look for a nice T series
machine..
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Khoury" <pkhoury_at_loop.com>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Cc: "Bill Morrow" <penzance_at_gate.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: Upgrading CPU in my Thinkpad - possible?
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 13:40:49 -0400, Bill Morrow wrote:
>
> >i would have normally said it would not be worth the headache or expense
> >when so many better thinkpads are available at so low a cost, but the
quote
> >from another 390 user will make me re-think that rather ancient
position..
> >at least where the 390X is concerned..
> >the jump in the FSB speed surprises me..
> >i wonder if the rest of the hardware associated with buss speed is up to
the
> >task of a 33mhz jump in speed..
> >
> I've heard about this being possible for us 600/600E users. Any comment
on that Bill?
> While I'm quite satisfied with my PII-366, a PII-450 or faster would be
nice to have.
> I don't know if the bus speed on this machine goes up to 100MHz, but just
a faster core speed
> might be nice in the future (since this is the fastest computer I
currently own).
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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