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    Dell 5150 cpu work in Desktop?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by madmike23, Sep 21, 2005.

  1. madmike23

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    Hi, a friend of mine gave me a crappy Dell 5150 laptop (broken, of course), but it's got a 3ghz cpu in it. I was going to buy a barebone laptop somewhere and drop it in, but looking at the architecture of it and I was wondering if it'll fit into a desktop motherboard just fine? It seems to be the cheaper route instead of a $700+ laptop.
     
    madmike23, Sep 21, 2005
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    Nobody knows?! :(
     
    madmike23, Sep 22, 2005
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    It should, that is, if it is a Desktop CPU. I don't think a Pentium 4M would work.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Sep 22, 2005
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    Yeah, it's not listed as a Pentium-M or Centrino chipset, only Pentium 4 laptop. I believe it's a 3.06ghz, socket 478, 512k cache chip.
     
    madmike23, Sep 23, 2005
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    With a 533MHz bus right?

    It should work. Download CPU-Z to find out more information about your CPU. ;)
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Sep 23, 2005
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    The 5150's used the Mobile Intel Pentium 4, so it would not work with desktop motherboards, I believe....
     
    srdhkl, Sep 23, 2005
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    The other problem I can see is if the cpu is lidless as most mobile processors are, then the heatsink might not be able to have proper contact with the cpu. If it is lidded or has an integrated heat spreader then it should not be a problem.
     
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    Thanks guys for all the input. I think the only way is to actually buy a motherboard and try it out. I just wanted to see if anyone has tried this to give me a definite answer. But the field is a little shakey.
    Common sense says that a laptop cpu wont work in a desktop, but then the physical architecture tells me it will. I believe the unit was a Pentium4 laptop and not an advertised Pentium-M or a Centrino chipset. I guess it'll have to be a trial and error, I'll post my results as soon as I do it. It'll be a while though, I'm pretty busy at the moment.
     
    madmike23, Sep 25, 2005
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