[Thinkpad] CPU upgrade for ThinkPad 770 (9548-300)

[Robert Riebisch]

Philip Kiff wrote:

> According to one or two posts on the forum David provided a link to, you
> may have to choose an MMC-1 CPU that has an "on-die cache".  If that is
> correct, then you need an MMC-1 CPU with a Product Tracking Code that
> starts with PMF... not PMD...

Ah, thanks for clarifying. :-)

> If it were me, I would only consider purchasing a CPU that started with
> the code letters PMF....though 18 Euros seems an outrageous price for a

"Demand controls price" or however it is called in English. ;-)

> run-of-the-mill PII MMC-1 CPU.  You should be able to buy an entire, used
> but working 770E (which comes with an MMC-1 PII 266) for about 25 Euros in
> North America.

Unfortunately not in Germany. At least not from eBay.

> You can decipher the entire Product Tracking Code that Intel put on their
> MMC-1 cards by referring to the following page:
> http://www.intel.com/support/processors/mobile/celeron/sb/cs-007469.htm

Thanks!

Robert Riebisch
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