C510 Memory and Screen

Hi,

If you are buying that much memory, why not get a Pentium as well ? You will have more cache inside. The line on the screen means you will need to replace it. If you do replace the CPU, remember it is a different family P3 to the C600.

                                                                         Regards Chris

Hi, thanks for your reply

yes I was doing some research and then thought yes i'd better replace the processor considering it's the same motherboard. I wans't sure if I had the guts to open up this baby (without doing damage) I've had a look at the service manual. I guess I was worried most about the heatsink and any thermal xfer after I swap chips. But I supppose laptops are supposed to be heat tolerent

I found a cheap p3 1.13 GHz on ebay, should perform better than 1200 Mhz celeron, that would make 1gb memory easy.

The screen is expensive to replace, even ebay screens (not sure if it's cable/ribbon thing?) So I'll keep an eye out, but I've lived with it for 2 years now I can subconsciousy ignore it!

I'm looking forward to the increase in memory performance, had this c510 since 2002 and I know doubling memory would allow it to breathe better,not sure how much cpu will help?(1.08Ghz xp says)

I put a seagate 5400rpm 40g hard drive as well - that definitely helped . much more performance over 4200rpm standard drive (which i wiped and kept as extra storage as modular bay - i love modular bays - I can swap hard drives/ dvdrws with my other mates inspiron 8200 etc)

Anyway I'll give it a go, the 1.13 Ghz is SL5CK I hope it's compatible!
sSpec Number
SL5CK

Processor Frequency
1133 MHz

CPUID String
06B1

Package Type
478 pin

Core Voltage
1.500

Bus Speed
133 MHz

Thermal Guideline
20.5W

Core Stepping
FPA1

Thermal Spec
100°C

L2 Cache Size
512 KB

Manufacturing Technology
0.13 micron

L2 Cache Speed
1 GHz

Bus/Core Ratio
7.5

Message Edited by xenon1024 on 04-29-200606:17 AM