What do i need to know about my laptop to change the CPU?

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I have an acer travelmate 240 notebook, and i would like to try and
change the cpu. i removed it earlier to apply new thermal paste, but
that didnt solve my noisy-fan-problem. neither did cleaning the dust
from the inside. so maybe if i installed a less power-consuming cpu,
the fan wouldnt run all the time. Now to my question: the cpu is a
"intel celeron 2.40 ghz" and the id-signature is 0F29. At Intel's
http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL6W4
i have learned that this particular cpu uses nearly 60 watts! ( if i
read it right ).
Isnt that a lot for a laptop-cpu?
What else do i need to know to find out what other cpu's are supported
by my mainboard?
thanks from Kasper
 
Kasper said:
I have an acer travelmate 240 notebook, and i would like to try and
change the cpu. i removed it earlier to apply new thermal paste, but
that didnt solve my noisy-fan-problem. neither did cleaning the dust
from the inside. so maybe if i installed a less power-consuming cpu,
the fan wouldnt run all the time. Now to my question: the cpu is a
"intel celeron 2.40 ghz" and the id-signature is 0F29. At Intel's
http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL6W4
i have learned that this particular cpu uses nearly 60 watts! ( if i
read it right ).
Isnt that a lot for a laptop-cpu?
What else do i need to know to find out what other cpu's are supported
by my mainboard?
thanks from Kasper
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its a ROYAL PITA,,,good luck. The hardest part is getting the hsf setup back in place.
IMO
 
I have an acer travelmate 240 notebook, and i would like to try and
change the cpu. i removed it earlier to apply new thermal paste, but
that didnt solve my noisy-fan-problem. neither did cleaning the dust
from the inside. so maybe if i installed a less power-consuming cpu,
the fan wouldnt run all the time. Now to my question: the cpu is a
"intel celeron 2.40 ghz" and the id-signature is 0F29. At Intel's
http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL6W4
i have learned that this particular cpu uses nearly 60 watts! ( if i
read it right ).
Isnt that a lot for a laptop-cpu?
What else do i need to know to find out what other cpu's are supported
by my mainboard?
thanks from Kasper
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Replace the noisy fan.

When you had the heatsink off, you should have been able to see if the
cpu was in a socket or soldered directly to the motherboard. If it's
soldered on like the majority of notebooks, it's not user replaceable.

Stephen
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Replace the noisy fan.

When you had the heatsink off, you should have been able to see if the
cpu was in a socket or soldered directly to the motherboard. If it's
soldered on like the majority of notebooks, it's not user replaceable.

Stephen
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The fan has always been noisy, as it has always run on "medium" speed.
The cpu is user-replaceable,
http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SL/SL6VU.html
Its the exact same model - i just looked, and it seems that this cpu
does use a lot of power...
Is there any way to find out which other cpu's are compatible with the
type of mobo
that supports this specific cpu? i mean, practically all other cpu's
in this line of computers
use less power. i dont mind "downgrading" as i dont do heavy work on
the thing...

Kasper
 
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