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<blockquote data-quote="2cvbloke" data-source="post: 842975" data-attributes="member: 199791"><p>Well, you could try cleaning off the old heatsink paste and applying fresh stuff, that can help immensely with improving the cooling, aswell as adding a drop of oil to the bearings of the heatsink fan to quieten it down... <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I think the idea for the 479 socket is that they had made CPUs specifically for laptops only, but stil had 478 pins on the CPU but had one pin moved over in the "notch" corner to prevent insertion into a Desktop 478 socket, they designed some laptops to accept 478 CPUs (my Satellite A30 used a desktop-style P4 2.66GHz 478, altered for laptop use but was still an overheating power hog!!) but using the 479 socket on the motherboard which accept either (but may or may not actually work with them), but these designs were for the Pentium4 and equivalent Celeron lines only... <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The later Core series CPUs only used the 478 arrangement (which they used Socket-M with, followed by the Socket-P for later versions) because it is smaller and incompatible with the same-generation desktop CPU sockets (which have the pins on the motherboard, not the CPU), the Socket-P CPUs are physically compatible, but they're electrically incompatible with a Socket 478, so a Core2Duo will not work in a Socket 478 motherboard, and vice-versa... <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_M" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_M</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_P" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_P</a></p><p></p><p>Still, if you want to upgrade that laptop to something a smidge faster, here's a CPU that should work:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111055346746" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111055346746</a></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2cvbloke, post: 842975, member: 199791"] Well, you could try cleaning off the old heatsink paste and applying fresh stuff, that can help immensely with improving the cooling, aswell as adding a drop of oil to the bearings of the heatsink fan to quieten it down... :) I think the idea for the 479 socket is that they had made CPUs specifically for laptops only, but stil had 478 pins on the CPU but had one pin moved over in the "notch" corner to prevent insertion into a Desktop 478 socket, they designed some laptops to accept 478 CPUs (my Satellite A30 used a desktop-style P4 2.66GHz 478, altered for laptop use but was still an overheating power hog!!) but using the 479 socket on the motherboard which accept either (but may or may not actually work with them), but these designs were for the Pentium4 and equivalent Celeron lines only... :) The later Core series CPUs only used the 478 arrangement (which they used Socket-M with, followed by the Socket-P for later versions) because it is smaller and incompatible with the same-generation desktop CPU sockets (which have the pins on the motherboard, not the CPU), the Socket-P CPUs are physically compatible, but they're electrically incompatible with a Socket 478, so a Core2Duo will not work in a Socket 478 motherboard, and vice-versa... :) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_M"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_M[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_P"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_P[/URL] Still, if you want to upgrade that laptop to something a smidge faster, here's a CPU that should work: [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111055346746"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111055346746[/URL] :) [/QUOTE]
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