Alienware area 51m 766 processor support

[Deleted member 322202]

laptop : alienware area 51m 766

ok i have a pentium 4 extreme edition at 3.2ghz socket 478 i found they make core 2 duo mobile socket 478 processors i got the latest bios in my alienware would it support the core 2 duo the pins are exactly the same.

pentium 4 extreme identical to mine except for the speed differance
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pentium-4-Extreme-SL7CH-3-4GHZ-3-4-GHZ-478-3-4EE_W0QQitemZ220531391251QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCPUs?hash=item3358b1fb13

core 2 duo mobile socket 478 i want to upgrade to
http://cgi.ebay.com/CPU-Core-2-Duo-2-40-GHz-Processor-SLAPA-T8300_W0QQitemZ390137176229QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCPUs?hash=item5ad5fce0a5

the front side bus in the core 2 duo is the same as my processor right now 800mhz so it seems like it sould work anyone know if it would support it?

 

[tortnotes]

That Pentium 4 is a desktop processor in the desktop 478 socket. The Core 2 Duo is a mobile processor in the mobile socket known as Micro-FCPGA... which happens to have 478 pins. They're not compatible afaik. If you want to be extra sure call Alienware support and ask them about it, but I don't think you can upgrade the processor in that laptop.
Time to buy a new notebook if you need a better processor.

 

[Deleted member 322202]

alright thank you ill check with them to be sure

 

[warezme]

alright thank you ill check with them to be sure

as long as it is the mobile T series I believe it will work as I saw a website that offered the C2D T series chip as an upgrade on that model.