The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Dell D610 & Pentium M Banias

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ridczak, Jul 11, 2006.

  1. ridczak

    ridczak Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    6
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hello, I tried D610 with PM Banias (1.4GHz, 400MHz bus, 1MB cache) and it didn't want to work. Just no POST, the screen stayed blank, power & Bluetooth LED were on, HDD & DVD drive "clicked" but nothing happened. Newest BIOS A06, D610 & CPU are 100% ok.

    ps. Funny is that Dothan (533MHz bus) works perfectly with D600 (however slower - with only 400MHz bus - but IT DOES WORK).
     
    ridczak, Jul 11, 2006
    #1
  2. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    22,339
    Messages:
    36,639
    Likes Received:
    5,080
    Trophy Points:
    931
    The Banias is an old chip; it will not work in a D610 because the chipset doesn't support it. It used the older 855 series chipset; the D610 has an i915 chipset.

    A Dothan will work fine; the D600 had it originally. We have several D600's at the office with Dothan Pentium M's.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jul 11, 2006
    #2
  3. ridczak

    ridczak Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    6
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Thanks for a reply. I also thought so, but the fact that 533MHz FSB Dothan works with D600 @400MHz bus is more a suprise to me than it would be if Banias worked with D610 :)
     
    ridczak, Jul 12, 2006
    #3