Processor Upgrade Possible?

[luvit]

KX872AA + XP-SP2
i hope you're not gonna tell me i bought that wrong one?!

no i wouldn't tell you that. lulz. you cannot upgrade the motherboard unless you you feeling lucky and found a used 1.6 mobo on ebay.
we would only be assuming your chasis will fit the mobo. (safe bet).

here's where i would start, since you're willing to spend some dough on an expensive mobo.

in order of importance.
1. buy a 2GB RAM module.
2. upgrade your bios from hp's website.
3. consider windows updates to SP3, and only allow critical updates.
3b.. consider a clean in stall of windows, upgrade to SP3, only allow critical updates.
4. search Google for: XP UMPC tweaks
4b. follow directions of SEVERAL SITES (pre-read before following steps).

5. buy a 7200RPM drive

i would only say steps 1-4b are necessary and provide the best results.

[Turmlos]

i have heard that the nano/isiah? was the same socket, but that the soldering was "ball soldering" and that it would be NOT easy to do, but that the right people could do it, as mentioned in this thread. the "794" model of the C7M is a 2.0ghz one, that might possibly be enough.

Even though it may be possible, swapping in a C7-M 794 would be a mistake. Not only because of the socketless BGA mess, but also because it has a TDP four times higher (20W) than your current 1.2GHz ULV chip (5W). The stock 2133 cooling system can barely handle the 1.6GHz ULV which has a TDP of 8W. Truth be told, I don't think it could handle any of the C7-M chips (the slowest having a TDP of 12W). Since the fastest C7-M ULV chip is 1.6GHz, your safest bet if to acquire a new motherboard or simply a new 2133, but in the end I don't think you would see much of a difference.

[Turmlos]

i have heard that the nano/isiah? was the same socket, but that the soldering was "ball soldering" and that it would be NOT easy to do, but that the right people could do it, as mentioned in this thread. the "794" model of the C7M is a 2.0ghz one, that might possibly be enough.

Even though it may be possible, swapping in a C7-M 794 would be a mistake. Not only because of the socketless BGA mess, but also because it has a TDP four times higher (20W) than your current 1.2GHz ULV chip (5W). The stock 2133 cooling system can barely handle the 1.6GHz ULV which has a TDP of 8W. Truth be told, I don't think it could handle any of the C7-M chips (the slowest having a TDP of 12W). Since the fastest C7-M ULV chip is 1.6GHz, your safest bet if to acquire a new motherboard or simply a new 2133, but in the end I don't think you would see much of a difference.

[Turmlos]

thing is, if isaiah is 64 bit, what use would it be to run 32-bit XP on it?

if the OS has to be 32-bit XP, wouldn't it be pointless to use a 64-bit processor?

Ask the millions that buy PCs with 64-bit processors and 32-bit operating systems.

They stick to 32-bits for software compatibility.

[Turmlos]

thing is, if isaiah is 64 bit, what use would it be to run 32-bit XP on it?

if the OS has to be 32-bit XP, wouldn't it be pointless to use a 64-bit processor?

Ask the millions that buy PCs with 64-bit processors and 32-bit operating systems.

They stick to 32-bits for software compatibility.

[wtfbollos]

KX872AA + XP-SP2
i hope you're not gonna tell me i bought that wrong one?!

no i wouldn't tell you that. lulz. you cannot upgrade the motherboard unless you you feeling lucky and found a used 1.6 mobo on ebay.
we would only be assuming your chasis will fit the mobo. (safe bet).

here's where i would start, since you're willing to spend some dough on an expensive mobo.

in order of importance.
1. buy a 2GB RAM module.
2. upgrade your bios from hp's website.
3. consider windows updates to SP3, and only allow critical updates.
3b.. consider a clean in stall of windows, upgrade to SP3, only allow critical updates.
4. search Google for: XP UMPC tweaks
4b. follow directions of SEVERAL SITES (pre-read before following steps).

5. buy a 7200RPM drive

i would only say steps 1-4b are necessary and provide the best results.

hi, thx for the reply, luvit..

1. what makes you think 2gb, over 1gb, will make any difference? (personally i don't think it will).
2. has this been proven to make the 2133 go faster? (i havn't heard this yet).
3. i have a fresh install of XP-SP2. does SP3 make XP run faster? i don't let windows update anything, actually! (if there's a specific update that i should get, then i will).
4. i did, but didnt find much ^^
4b. am happy to research
5. the "performance" boost i need is not disk i/o, it's all cpu. (the app causes taskmanager to show 100% for too much of the time), that's the bottleneck.

regards..

[wtfbollos]

KX872AA + XP-SP2
i hope you're not gonna tell me i bought that wrong one?!

no i wouldn't tell you that. lulz. you cannot upgrade the motherboard unless you you feeling lucky and found a used 1.6 mobo on ebay.
we would only be assuming your chasis will fit the mobo. (safe bet).

here's where i would start, since you're willing to spend some dough on an expensive mobo.

in order of importance.
1. buy a 2GB RAM module.
2. upgrade your bios from hp's website.
3. consider windows updates to SP3, and only allow critical updates.
3b.. consider a clean in stall of windows, upgrade to SP3, only allow critical updates.
4. search Google for: XP UMPC tweaks
4b. follow directions of SEVERAL SITES (pre-read before following steps).

5. buy a 7200RPM drive

i would only say steps 1-4b are necessary and provide the best results.

hi, thx for the reply, luvit..

1. what makes you think 2gb, over 1gb, will make any difference? (personally i don't think it will).
2. has this been proven to make the 2133 go faster? (i havn't heard this yet).
3. i have a fresh install of XP-SP2. does SP3 make XP run faster? i don't let windows update anything, actually! (if there's a specific update that i should get, then i will).
4. i did, but didnt find much ^^
4b. am happy to research
5. the "performance" boost i need is not disk i/o, it's all cpu. (the app causes taskmanager to show 100% for too much of the time), that's the bottleneck.

regards..

[wtfbollos]

HP2133 mini-note memory upgrade
Published
by
chris
on April 30, 2008
in Hardware
. Tags: memory vista mini note hp2133 performance.

Laptopmag.com has a video of Joanna Stern upgrading the memory on her mini-note from the factory shipped 1 Gig module to a Corsair branded DDR2 SO-DIMM 2 Gig module. Unfortunately for Joanna, it really didn’t help the system performance running Windows Vista. Sorry Joanna.

http://hpmininotepc.com/2008/04/30/h...emory-upgrade/

[wtfbollos]

HP2133 mini-note memory upgrade
Published
by
chris
on April 30, 2008
in Hardware
. Tags: memory vista mini note hp2133 performance.

Laptopmag.com has a video of Joanna Stern upgrading the memory on her mini-note from the factory shipped 1 Gig module to a Corsair branded DDR2 SO-DIMM 2 Gig module. Unfortunately for Joanna, it really didn’t help the system performance running Windows Vista. Sorry Joanna.

http://hpmininotepc.com/2008/04/30/h...emory-upgrade/

[luvit]

hi, thx for the reply, luvit..

1. what makes you think 2gb, over 1gb, will make any difference? (personally i don't think it will).
2. has this been proven to make the 2133 go faster? (i havn't heard this yet).
3. i have a fresh install of XP-SP2. does SP3 make XP run faster? i don't let windows update anything, actually! (if there's a specific update that i should get, then i will).
4. i did, but didnt find much ^^
4b. am happy to research
5. the "performance" boost i need is not disk i/o, it's all cpu. (the app causes taskmanager to show 100% for too much of the time), that's the bottleneck.

regards..

1. wtfbollos provided a good thread... more ram is always the right solution to speed things up. For windows, i recommend no less than 2GB.
2. upgrading your bios can solve a lot of undocumented things, especially power management.
3. a fresh install of SP2 is great... i run SP3 and am quite happy escpecially after following recommendations of several sites from googling XP UMPC TWEAKS
4. google this instead: xp umpc tweaks services
5.agreed, but there is no single sivler bullet to speeding up a PC. it's RAM, CPU, and DISK considerations, in that order.

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