Hello: I have a FXA47 Vaio that I acquired. It is not functioning. There is no power getting to the laptop. The AC light on the laptop will not light up on the...
Assuming you're referring to the AC adapter, I wasn't aware they had a light. Certainly the European ones don't. So the first thing to make sure is that...
I had a 2400+ 45W mobile XP that worked frin until I tried to modify it to get access to some higher multipliers. Unfortunately I killed it. The failure was...
hey, i am interested in upgrading my cpu to a faster one. I see that you use 2600xp athlon processor. How fast is this process at 200fsb? Is it better to...
Yes you can get a second battery that will fit there, but you should have a space saver that goes in there if you remove the floyy, this space saver holds the...
... Hi, Do you mean that for people who want to upgrade their FX/FXA laptop, it's not worth the hassle looking for yet unobtainable 200FSB CPUs ? And that a...
Here's the official AMD answer:- Question : Can I install an AMD Athlon XP or a 266MHz System-Bus AMD Athlon processor in a motherboard that only supports a...
... OK for the answer. Additional question : is there a chance of toasting the CPU or worse, the motherboard by doing this ? Thanks for the explanation. ...
I am thinking of purchasing a 2600+ athlon xp processor for my fxa49; the processor it self runs at 2.2ghz at 266fsb. I am wondering what speed it would be...
There's a (sort of) useful device for download called the "Universal AMD Tool". You can pull that around and see how the variables interrelate. ... fxa49; ......
Hello: There is power coming from the power supply. Though it does not seem to be reaching the motherboard (or I am not measuring at the correct point). Where ...
Well I wouldn't do it, but then I'm squeamish. I happen to believe that good laptop design is the art of the compromise - you have to cram a lot into a small...
I recommend that you take the laptop to Best Buy or some other store where they have techs and have them test the system for you. That will save you a lot of...
Assuming your power supply is delivering the goods, that removes the one and only simple and obvious cause of your problem. Now diagnosis becomes difficult,...
I had best buy take a look at the system. They came back in a few days and said that they were unable to power up the system and that it was a bad motherboard....
This is one of the reasons why I suggest all people who buy a laptop to buy extended insurance. Laptops are so much more expensive to fix or replace. If you...
rae you using the 2600+ cpu? And if so,, how is the heat transfer? Are there any overheating problems with the fsb you run at? Is the temperature of the cpu...
Hi, I saw some questions about using 266MHz FSB Athlons in the 200MHz FSB mainboards. I'll give you my success story with all of the standard caveats as to I...
... You found it, my FX502 is my indispensable and one work tool, apart from a faithful servant, and I am not going to make risky upgrades on it. Thanks for...
Thanks Kwlux for that excellent explination... Very interesting and informative :o) So do you think there is NO real chance of ever getting the FSB up to...
You're welcome. You have the Duron 1000 The following CPUs can be safely used without modification (and were used by Sony on your board on the European models...
I'm not sure what max multiplier or speed the bios can handle. It seems to like 15x just fine. I think that you could modify the motherboard if you are really...
The latest available, find the link on brads site. Also you have to set your FSB first in cpufsb and make sure you have the right info in the boxes (see brad...
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