Laptop Processor Options

[scu98rkr]

Hi my girlfriends got a laptop a couple of years old bought ealry 2003 i think.

It has a Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz processor. .13 microron (u). 100*4 = 400Mhz FSB. Says its socket 478, makes no mention in cpu-z or BIOS or on the acutal chip of being a Centrino or Pentium M or whatever.

Would i be safe to assume this is a bog standard pentium 4 ?

Anyway im pretty sure its having some problems. I want to change it for a Pentium M. Is this possible? As far as i can make out its a socket 478 what socket do Pentium M's take ?

What is the difference between socket 478 and 479 ?

thanks Roger

 

[scu98rkr]

I know that some Pentium Ms have 478 pins. Are you sure socket 479 and 478 dont both have 478 pins ?

Are all Pentium M's socket 479 ?

 

[scu98rkr]

its a SIS chipset i believe are the only chipsets compatable with Pentium M's by intel ?