Compaq Presario C700 Upgrades And Facts!

[drmega0226]

FINALLY!

AFTER SO MANY PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GET UPGRADE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS NOTEBOOK. I AM HERE TO HELP. I'VE PLAYED WITH A NUMBER OF THESE, AND UPGRADED A NUMBER OF THEM. I'VE ALSO COMPILED A NUMBER OF FACTS FOR YOU FROM HP, AND TESTING.


FACTS:

-THE HP COMPAQ PRESAIO C700 USES THE INTEL GM965 CHIPSET

-THE PENTIUM DUAL-CORE T2XX IS A MEROM BASED (C2D) CHIP, NOT THE OLDER SLOWER YONAH (CD)

-YOU CAN UPGRADE THE PROCESSOR IN THIS NOTEBOOK TO ANY SOCKET P, CORE 2 DUO, PENTIUM DUAL-CORE CHIP INCLUDING PENRYN BASED CHIPS. (T8XX, T9XX)

-THE MEMORY COMPARTMENT HOLDS THE MEMORY/WIRELESS CARD/AND GM965 CONTROLLER. THAT IS NOT THE PROCESSOR YOU SEE THERE WHEN YOU OPEN IT. YOU MUST OPEN THE NOTEBOOK ENTIRELY TO GET TO THE CPU.

-THIS NOTEBOOK CAN BE UPGRADED TO 2GB MEMORY ONLY! ANY OTHER COMBO WILL CAUSE WINDOWS NOT TO BOOT. HOWEVER, SOME HAVE GOTTEN 3GB BY PUTTING THE 2GB MODULE IN THE INNNER MEMORY BAY. THIS IS THE ONLY CONFIG THAT WORKED. CANNOT CONFIRM THIS THOUGH.

-THIS NOTEBOOK DOES NOT HAVE THE SO-CALLED "MIDDLE BUTTON" ON THE MOUSE PAD.

-THE INTEL GMA X3100 GRAPHICS ARE INTEGRATED, AND CANNOT BE UPGRADED.

-THERE ARE XP DRIVERS, HOWEVER, THIS IS AN UPGRADE THREAD SO LET'S MOVE ON.

-THE PENTIUM DUAL-CORE T2XX SERIES IS ARE 64-BIT CHIPS.

-YOU CAN USE A HP 12-CELL LI-ION BATTERY WITH THIS NOTEBOOK, HOWEVER YOU CANNOT CONFIG THIS NOTEBOOK WITH A 12-CELL BATTERY, YOU MUST BUY SEPERATELY, I'VE SEEN SOME ON EBAY. IT WILL FIT THIS NOTEBOOK.

-THE MAINBOARD ACCEPTS 800 MHz FSB. 800/533/667

-THE OEM PRODUCT KEY WILL WORK TO ACTIVATE WINDOWS VISTA 64-BIT. I'VE USED IT. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS DOING THIS EMAIL ME AND I'LL GUIDE YOU THROUGH IT.

I HOPE THIS WAS HELPFUL IN ANSWERING SOMW QUESTION ABOUT UPGRADING THE COMPAQ PRESARIO C700 SERIES NOTEBOOK. IT'S A SLEEK, ELEGANT NOTEBOOK, THAT CAN BECOME A POWERHOUSE AFTER SOME UPGRADES. WELL ENOUGH FOR NOW HAPPY UPGRADING.

[Kdawgca]

PS. OSX HAS BEEN RUN ON THIS NOTEBOOK, I'LL POST DETAILS SOON.

Running/installing OSX on a non-apple label computer like your C700 is a violation of Apple's OSX's EULA(end user license agreement) and thus cannot be discussed on NBR.

Do not bring up that topic again...

Also, try upgrading the BIOS for the 4GB issue.

-Kdawgca
NBR Mod

[drmega0226]

Also, try upgrading the BIOS for the 4GB issue.

-Kdawgca
NBR Mod[/QUOTE]

Sorry Buddy, even with BIOS update 4GB will not work, tested and appoved

[R4000]

How did you determine that the mobo uses the GM965 chipset?

[K-TRON]

You can use CPU-Z to find out which chipset your motherboard uses.

I have a 945PM chipset in my dell, and even with the latest bios revision, I can only use 2Gb of memory.
I run XP, so it doesnt matter to me all that much. 2Gb of memory is way more than one could ever need with XP.

K-TRON

[R4000]

Can CPU-Z distinguish between a GL960 and the 965 variants?

[redrazor11]

I find it strange that 800/533 memory can run, but not 667. Would 667 be downclocked to 533 then?


Also, is it really nessicarry to type in caps? It drives me crazy

[drmega0226]

I find it strange that 800/533 memory can run, but not 667. Would 667 be downclocked to 533 then?



Also, is it really nessicarry to type in caps? It drives me crazy

this is only because, it does not accept the socket M 667 chips. currently i know of no socket P 667 chips.[/I]orry about the caps[/I]

[powerpack]

Can CPU-Z distinguish between a GL960 and the 965 variants?

That has been a problem and it reports GL960 as GM965 as you are thinking.

I find it strange that 800/533 memory can run, but not 667. Would 667 be downclocked to 533 then?

That caught my eye also so read twice. Does not mention memory it is talking about FSB. And 667Mhz RAM would work on 800Mhz FSB.

[R4000]

this is only because, it does not accept the socket M 667 chips. currently i know of no socket P 667 chips.[/I]orry about the caps[/I]

The T5550 is one.............

That has been a problem and it reports GL960 as GM965 as you are thinking.

That is what I thought. Perhaps GPU-Z can identify, since the GL960's X3100 has a lower clock than the one with GM965............