Upgrade P4 for laptop

12monkey

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Hi everyone. My Acer Aspire 1662WLMi laptop has a P4 Processor 3GHZ (478 Socket), FSB: 800MHz, Chipset: Ati IGP9100. As the CPU gets too hot, and its thermal behavior is awful, I would like to upgrade the Processor. Is it possible to replace it with a Pentium M 740 Processor (Socket 478), or would be a problem with the motherboard chipset (ATI IGP9100) :?:

Thanks :lol:
 

ajfink

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I don't believe it will work. The Netburst CPUs are entirely different in VRM than the Pentium M-class processors.

You can always try cleaning out the notebook and re-seating the HSF assembly with better thermal material, and perhaps one of those notebook cooling pads.