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RE: Socketed 750 CPU's
- To: tp750@CS.UTK.EDU
- Subject: RE: Socketed 750 CPU's
- From: ychou (Sean Chou)
- Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 02:52:29 -0600
>> The 750CE uses a 486DX2. As does the 755 series. But the 750CE is an
>
>No. The 755 uses the DX-4.
>
>Sorry, misprint. I _had_ a 750C, but I replaced it with a 755C. The 755C
>has either a DX4-50 or a DX4-75. I purchased the DX4-75 which were rare at
>the time. I was originally approached by IBM to purchase the DX4-50 laptop,
>and they would just replace the chip with a DX4-75.
Whoa, the TP755 can use a DX2/50 (not a DX4/5) or a DX4/75, right?
Is there such a beast as a DX4/50? If so, why?
>This implied to me that the chip is socketed, and that the motherboard
>somehow autosenses which chip is socketed. One of the selling points of the
>DX-50 laptop was that you could upgrade it someday to a DX4-75 by merely
>dropping in a new chip.
Can the same motherboard handle the DX4/100 (since it's a different
frequency)?
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Sean Chou / schou@uiuc.edu / CompuServe 73672,2111