[Thinkpad] Anyone ever swap CPU in 760 series?

[Colgrove, George]

Probably would be a lot easier and certain to work by getting a 760XD or
even the 765D and forgo the soldering - which is possible, but difficult
enough to suggest it is impossible!  These machines can be had for way
under $100. Better still - go for at least a 770 series (266MHz to
366MHZ) or even better a 600 series (300MHz to 800MHz).  They should be
getting fairly inexpensive now.  

I believe however your best bang will be a T2x series - This is always
my baseline recommendation.  You will most likely pay at least double
for a T2x series compared to the machines listed above, but you will get
by in large a much better machine.

George

-----Original Message-----
From: thinkpad-bounces at stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces at stderr.org]
On Behalf Of Mark Gardiner
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 2:50 PM
To: thinkpad at stderr
Subject: [Thinkpad] Anyone ever swap CPU in 760 series?

Hi all, 

Just wondering wether it is a straight swapover from the 133Mhz in my
old
760ED to a 166Mhz that I have lying around from a spares XD motherboard
...?? Looks same footprint... Reason is I want to run WinMe on a
separate
drive as need the better support for the USB>PCMCIA card. I have
successfully run Win 2K but there is the issure of the Carbus not
supported
which is a bummer as it runs really well. Also want to  get the Midi
port
working properly and it is buggy under W98se...

Cheers for any advice.


Mark
UK
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