Pentium 3s

I have a panasonic tough book with a 1.4 pentium M . Will the processor swap?

I have a panasonic tough book CF-29HT with a 1.4 pentium m . Will the processor swap with a 1.6 Pentium M a 1.8 Pentium M or a 2.0 Pentium M preferably ? If not ... What can I upgrade to ? Thanks soooo much !!!!!

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1. Can't change it
2. The fastest processor in the Pentium M Low Voltage 700 series, is this 1.6ghz processor http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=27605&processor=778&spec-codes=SL8QF,SL8QG You see, to obtain the best battery power, Panasonic chose t use the LV, or Low Voltage, series within the Pentium M 700 series... http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?series=20865 There's a listing of all the Pentium M 700 series chips that would fit the socket your chip is in. Now, you should be aware that the chip you have is also one of the possible embedded series, which means your chip might not be in a socket... it could be soldered onto the board. But, Panasonic is not known for going socket-less. So, you have to consider the power draw. You will see there are ULV, LV, and normal 700 series chips in that list. ULV being Ultra Low Voltage (thus why those ULV chips have such low wattage demands), and LV being Low Voltage. You will see there on that list that the other chips, the faster chips, have considerably higher wattage demands. It is *possible* that these chips might work with that board, providing that Panasonic made a BIOS that would recognize and work with that higher draw chip. Since Panasonic does not make mention of that, and if you search for the CF-29 series, you find that the CF-29LT is the fastest in that series with a 1.6ghz chip (the same one I linked you to above http://www.toughbookxchange.com/products/product.php?II=1120 ) I highly doubt that anything other than an LV rated processor will work on your board. Panasonic did not make a CF-29 with a faster processor option than the 1.6ghz, and this supports the idea that they would not have made their BIOS to support a chip that would draw more electricity. end of line