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need help with a slow processor

need help with a slow processor

Postby tzedek » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:22 pm

my friend just acquired a computer and it is hp8560c. anyway it is a celeron 500 mhz. i know that celerons get up to 2 ghz. i am just wondering if we could just buy a new processor and stick it in there. i guess my question is how easy would it be to upgrade the processor becuase they computer isnt half bad really. 256 ram and 32 mb video card, etc etc. thanks
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Postby OsirisX » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:23 pm

Do you know the specs for the motherboard?
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Postby ginogsm » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:27 pm

I don't think Celerons of this this family ( PII or PIII celerons ) overclock up to 2GHz. IMHO goes up to 800 or 900 MHz top.
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Postby OsirisX » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:28 pm

I think he is talking about replasing the old celeron with a new one.
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Postby tzedek » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:30 pm

not really i couldnt find much info on it. i found one pdf file but it didnt have any real specs for it.
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Postby tzedek » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:34 pm

it is a hewlett packard btw
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Postby tzedek » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:51 pm

unknowndarknessx wrote:I think he is talking about replasing the old celeron with a new one.


well i didnt know that there are different generations of celerons. well anyway what would be the best way to upgrade this processor?
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Postby bimmernut » Tue Mar 23, 2004 2:04 am

If the PC's primary function is for word processing and internet use, I'd skip the processor upgrade and buy more RAM. It'll be difficult to ascertain the correct celeron (P2 or P3 base) and which permutations of celerons will fit which motherboards. An easier band-aid would be to just purchase the maximum amount of RAM. 256MB's could make a significant difference in perceived performance.
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Postby tzedek » Tue Mar 23, 2004 2:40 am

thanks but no thanks...
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Postby dlt » Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:17 am

Sorry if that wasn't much help. It's hard to know without the specs of the motherboard. Some of them that are older probably won't have a BIOS update to allow the board to handle a much bigger processor because those sizes just weren't available back then. If you could find out more, maybe we'll be able to help you more.
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