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[trinity576]

hi ive just bought my son a laptop off ebay and i would like to put a intel celeron 2.0ghz prossesor in it, but not sure which will fit and which wont.
any help much appricated

many thanks

trinity

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[Tidus]

Hello Trinity!

I've moved your thread to here, i specialise in all things Tiny, especially their laptops. Good choice on a Tiny laptop!

I'm not entirely sure you can upgrade this machine as high as 2GHz, the maximum the service manuals say you can go is 950MHz+ for Celeron CPU's, and 1.13GHz for a Pentium III. I'll admit, they're not perfect, but i've managed to get an A360 up to 1.3GHz before.

I'm sure i've discussed this topic before here, have a browse through our KJ Computers section.

Could you post me the entire specs of the machine then i can help you better? If there's anything you're not sure about, i'm here to help.

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[trinity576]

hi tidus and thanks for your help its much appriciated as my son is a total wizz with computers and i want him to have a decent laptop come xmas morning, so i have bought a second hand one and as far as i know the spec is as follows

celeron 1.0 ghz
30 gig hard drive
256 mb ram

im hoping to get it to at least a 1.3ghz and put extra ram in it to make it 512mb.

Had a few probs with him since me and his dad split so hoping this will get him back on the straight and narrow

many thanks

trinity

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[Tidus]

Hi Trinity!

Your son will like this machine! I've been working with Tiny laptops for a few years now, and i own an A440, the same spec as your sons, i use it for business use, being a company senior executive, i don't need a fast cutting edge machine for work, and this does fine!

You can upgrade the processor to a 1.2 - 1.3GHz, but i recommend you put a Pentium 3 chip in, the Celeron is a budget chip, and struggles with multimedia.

I'm not sure the RAM will go any higher, the official manufacturer, FIC, say in their datasheets that the maximum memory size on the A360 is 256. I have, being a PC technician, managed to get an A360 up to 512, but i don't guarantee it. Some models will go this high, some won't.

You can try it though, and if it doesn't work, blame me, and i'll smack myself!

If you need more help, here i will be!

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[trinity576]

thanks for your help tidus its much appriciated at the moment ive just got one more question do i just buy a pentium 111 laptop processor, im not sure if they have different fittings or they are bog standard

best wishes
trinity x

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[Tidus]

Yeah, these are standard Pentium III Socket 370 processors. You can use a desktop chip in these machines.

I'm always here for you, if you have any more problems after your son is using it, just ask! Have you actually tested it? Turn it on and run it for about 30 mins, to make sure it is OK, and report anything you think might be wrong back to me, because i know a few Celeron based A440's had problems.

Tidus xoxo

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[trinity576]

i had it turned on for about half an hour when it first arrived but i havent touched it since and everything seemed to be running ok, although there is alot of software on it my son will probably wipe it clean and start again. do you know if the A360+ has fan problems because ive read alot about it on other sites. thanks again for all your help.

best wishes
trinity x

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[Tidus]

[trinity576]

thanks for your help tidus my son is going to stay with a friend tonight so i plan to put the laptop on and let it run for a couple of hours to see how it goes, i will let you know how i get on.

best wishes

trinity x

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[trinity576]

sorry its took so long to get back to you.
had my sons laptop on for over an hour and everything seems fine except there is no sound working ive made sure nothing is on mute but still no sound help!!!!!

thanks
trinity x

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[Tidus]

Firstly, is the sound driver installed? Fire his laptop up, and when the Windows Desktop comes up, right click on the My Computer icon, and click Properties. When the System Properties dialog comes up (it has a picture of a monitor with the Windows icon in, and all the information About the registered owner, and the machines CPU speed, and amount of RAM), click the Hardware tab.

Then click Device Manager. There'll be a list of categories of all the hardware in his laptop, and if any have little exclamation marks in, make a list of them, get back to me, and i'll point you to a driver pack for the A360, and i'll help you install them. Have a look under the Sound and Video game controllers section first, click the little + sign at the side, and let me know what is listed.

Good luck!

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[trinity576]

ive done as youve said none of the boxes have exclamation marks in them. the items listed under sound,video and game controllers is

audio codecs
legacy audio drivers
legacy video capture devices
media control devices
VIA AC'97 audio controller (wdm)
video codecs

hope this helps

trinity x

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[Tidus]

Right, Trin, there's a few options left that may be software related, if none of these work, then your sound board has failed, and will need to be replaced.

First off, does the sound work when headphones are plugged in? The speakers themselves may be faulty, i worked on an A360 today that had no sound, and the speaker coils were blown. We checked everything from drivers, to volume, to the sound PCB! The owner does a lot of audio recording, and she had connected a powerful stereo to the Line In, with the volume too high, blowing the diaphragm coils. She was lucky, this should have blown the audio PCB regulators!

Secondly, try downloading your driver pack from our server, HERE

You said you got the laptop from eBay, didn't you? Was the audio not listed as a fault?

Lastly, do as i instructed in my last post, and when you see all those audio devices, double click the VIA AC'97 WDM device, and in this window that pops up, post me all the information from here, especially the Location, it may look like jargon to you, but i can identify an incorrect driver, and/or faulty hardware from this.

It looks as if we don't get a solution, you're going to have to get in touch with the seller, but i'll help you as much as i can, it can be something or nothing.

Good luck!

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[afrodan]

hello tidus
iam trinity576 son and the sound drivers are installed but still no sound but the external player will play cd's when the computer is off but when the computer is turned on the the sound just seems to stop working =S nothing is muted and evrything is turned on.

Any help would be great,
thnx in advance

afrodan

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