HP nr3610 Rugged: Need Help with old Laptop (Pentium M) upgrade

[yyy170]

Hi,

I recently updated some Software on my old Laptop, but the installed CPU was not up to the task. So I "quickly" replaced the CPU with a better one I had laying around.

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Laptop Info:
Manufacturer:          General Dynamics / Itronix
Model:                     IX 260+ / Gobook III

OEM:                       HP Nr 3610
Original CPU :          Pentium M 735 SL7EP [FSB400]
Upgrade CPU :         Pentium M 780 [FSB533]

Status:
Laptop Boots, CPU is recognized, but is stuck at 100Mhz Bus Speed and 6x Multiplier [600Mhz].


I already flashed the most recent BIOS rom and the OEM HP BIOS rom. As this did not help, I used the AMI Bios tool and found out that the 6D8 Microcode was missing in both the Itronix and the HP BIOS. So I tried both with the added Microcode which did not work eighter.

The Itronix BIOS aswell as the HP BIOS does not offer any CPU configuration what so ever. They pretty much only show CPU model and speed.
(In my Case 600Mhz)


I'm pretty much out of Ideas now and thought you guys might be able to help (If this is even possible).
Or do I have to buy a 400Mhz CPU if I want to upgrade?

CPU-Z about CPU:



CPU-Z about Motherboard:


Thanks

[DeathBringer]

Download Coreinfo, run it command line and post results.

[yyy170]

Hi,

thanks for you quick reply.

The Output of Coreinfo:

Code:

       Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.26GHz x86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 8, GenuineIntel Microcode signature: 00000020 HTT       - Hyperthreading enabled HYPERVISOR - Hypervisor is present VMX       - Supports Intel hardware-assisted virtualization SVM       - Supports AMD hardware-assisted virtualization X64       - Supports 64-bit mode SMX       - Supports Intel trusted execution SKINIT     - Supports AMD SKINIT NX         - Supports no-execute page protection SMEP       * Supports Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention SMAP       - Supports Supervisor Mode Access Prevention PAGE1GB   - Supports 1 GB large pages PAE       * Supports > 32-bit physical addresses PAT       * Supports Page Attribute Table PSE       * Supports 4 MB pages PSE36     - Supports > 32-bit address 4 MB pages PGE       * Supports global bit in page tables SS         * Supports bus snooping for cache operations VME       * Supports Virtual-8086 mode RDWRFSGSBASE - Supports direct GS/FS base access FPU       * Implements i387 floating point instructions MMX       * Supports MMX instruction set MMXEXT     - Implements AMD MMX extensions 3DNOW     - Supports 3DNow! instructions 3DNOWEXT   - Supports 3DNow! extension instructions SSE       * Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions SSE2       * Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 SSE3       - Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSSE3     - Supports Supplemental SIMD Extensions 3 SSE4a     - Supports Streaming SIMDR Extensions 4a SSE4.1     - Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.1 SSE4.2     - Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2 AES       - Supports AES extensions AVX       - Supports AVX intruction extensions FMA       - Supports FMA extensions using YMM state MSR       * Implements RDMSR/WRMSR instructions MTRR       * Supports Memory Type Range Registers XSAVE     - Supports XSAVE/XRSTOR instructions OSXSAVE   - Supports XSETBV/XGETBV instructions RDRAND     - Supports RDRAND instruction RDSEED     - Supports RDSEED instruction CMOV       * Supports CMOVcc instruction CLFSH     * Supports CLFLUSH instruction CX8       * Supports compare and exchange 8-byte instructions CX16       - Supports CMPXCHG16B instruction BMI1       - Supports bit manipulation extensions 1 BMI2       - Supports bit manipulation extensions 2 ADX       - Supports ADCX/ADOX instructions DCA       - Supports prefetch from memory-mapped device F16C       - Supports half-precision instruction FXSR       * Supports FXSAVE/FXSTOR instructions FFXSR     - Supports optimized FXSAVE/FSRSTOR instruction MONITOR   - Supports MONITOR and MWAIT instructions MOVBE     - Supports MOVBE instruction ERMSB     - Supports Enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB PCLMULDQ   - Supports PCLMULDQ instruction POPCNT     - Supports POPCNT instruction LZCNT     - Supports LZCNT instruction SEP       * Supports fast system call instructions LAHF-SAHF - Supports LAHF/SAHF instructions in 64-bit mode HLE       * Supports Hardware Lock Elision instructions RTM       - Supports Restricted Transactional Memory instructions DE         * Supports I/O breakpoints including CR4.DE DTES64     - Can write history of 64-bit branch addresses DS         * Implements memory-resident debug buffer DS-CPL     - Supports Debug Store feature with CPL PCID       - Supports PCIDs and settable CR4.PCIDE INVPCID   - Supports INVPCID instruction PDCM       - Supports Performance Capabilities MSR RDTSCP     - Supports RDTSCP instruction TSC       * Supports RDTSC instruction TSC-DEADLINE - Local APIC supports one-shot deadline timer TSC-INVARIANT - TSC runs at constant rate xTPR       - Supports disabling task priority messages EIST       * Supports Enhanced Intel Speedstep ACPI       * Implements MSR for power management TM         * Implements thermal monitor circuitry TM2       * Implements Thermal Monitor 2 control APIC       * Implements software-accessible local APIC x2APIC     - Supports x2APIC CNXT-ID   - L1 data cache mode adaptive or BIOS MCE       * Supports Machine Check, INT18 and CR4.MCE MCA       * Implements Machine Check Architecture PBE       * Supports use of FERR#/PBE# pin PSN       - Implements 96-bit processor serial number PREFETCHW - Supports PREFETCHW instruction Maximum implemented CPUID leaves: 00000002 (Basic), 80000008 (Extended). Logical to Physical Processor Map: *  Physical Processor 0 Logical Processor to Socket Map: *  Socket 0 Logical Processor to NUMA Node Map: *  NUMA Node 0 Logical Processor to Cache Map:

[DeathBringer]

OK. Run two of CPU-Z. In first should be opened CPU tab, in second - Bench. Run Bench CPU in second and check multiplier in first. Does it change?

[yyy170]

I already tried that myself, because i assumed that it showed the low multiplier due to Intel's speedstep.

But the Taskmanager shows 100% CPU load but CPU-Z shows unchanged Bus speed/ multiplier (and 600Mhz).

Btw.: I am currently running the original Itronix BIOS with edited CPU Microcode stuff. (In case that matters).

[DeathBringer]

So I tried both wiith the added Microcode wihich also did not work eighter.

Post your modded BIOS.

[yyy170]

Ok thank you for your help so far

Modded BIOS is attached.

[DeathBringer]

Your BIOS mod is correct. You should use it in the future.
855GM chipset doesn't support FSB=533Mhz. Use Pentium M with FSB=400Mhz

[yyy170]

Your BIOS mod is correct. You should use it in the future.
855GM chipset doesn't support FSB=533Mhz. Use Pentium M with FSB=400Mhz

Hm, thats quite unfortuned as it is a pain in the butt to take that thing apart.

I was hoping to get it working somehow, because some ads/ articles I found online actually mentioned this laptop with a 1.86Ghz CPU, which according to wikipedia is a 533FSB Dothan CPU.

But once again thanks for your fast help and your helpful conclusion.

I'll try to get a Pentium M 755 or 765 FSB 400 CPU off ebay now.

[DeathBringer]

You can try to disable speedstep by RMClock