CPU upgrade in old laptop - CPU-Z pics

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Hi ,
being short and tight on cash I recently bought the MIM2120 laptop by medion from Ebay for just over 50 quid

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190506722934&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I wanted this for viewing RAW photos whilst away from my home pc, The standard spec of 1300ghz celeron (400 fsb 512k cache) 256mb ram was a little stretched but ok for these needs.

However. Its a great laptop and I wanted to run a few more photo programs so I set about a few upgrades. I stuck 1.5 gb ram in and bought a handfull different cpus from ebay , all no more than a few quid each.

So my question is ..... The 2120 uses the 910GML chipset which states max 400 fsb 1700ghz celeron

I was able to install a 1700ghz pentium M 2mb cache and 533 mhz FSB . Been using this for a day. installed lightroom 3 and copes ok! photoshop cs5 is also totally useable.

Has any one tried any faster chips than the one above ? Ive had no issues with heat and use CPU-Z and noticed that when theres no cpu demand the clock multiplier changes to x6 ( 800mhz) to save power and bumps up again! I also get a quick Pentium M Logo come up when i first switch the laptop on.

so if this can handle 533 fsb. that opens up a few more cpu's aswell as some x 2 core's . will the 780 work ? 2.26 2mb cache 533 mhz fsb. The more i can get out of this the better . The peformance is awesome as it is but still wondered what the max could be.

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this is how it looks when a demand is needed for the cpu.

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I'd remove that link if I were you mate. Hopefully the mods will be linient as it your first post, but you aren't meant to link to potential competitors as that site is.

I'd say you're unlikely to get a dual core cpu in there as they changed the socket for those if I am correct. I think you may be able to put for a 2Ghz Pentium M, but you need to think about cooling in laptops. It's often built for the highest CPU that model was sold with originally.
 
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