Thank you very much for the tips Petef56, and hitchface. I'll make sure I have the proper documentation of my hardware before I hand my computer to someone else next time. For now, I think I will just use my notebook as it is. It's like what hitchface said, the 3 year old computer is not worth that much trouble.
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Originally Posted by Negeva
Since when did the mobile Celeron and Pentium M chips use a different socket? Did the guy claim that?
If I re-call correctly the single core were on a socket 478 (or 479) and both the celeron and Pentium fitted it.
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According to what he had shown me, the pin count on the two cpu are the same; however, the arrangement of the pins are different. So my pentium M would not fit in the Travelmate 2310 board.
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Originally Posted by peekaboo
what's the name of the repair shop/guy?
i'm in vancouver and i never want to use this guy's "services".
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The store is "Electronic Centre" located in Pacific Plaza ground floor (Richmond).
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Originally Posted by hitchface
I'd ask around. Word of mouth recommendations are more worthwhile in this case than any website info, so get some advice from friends on local stores, get the upgrade priced out, and see if it might be more cost effective to snag a new lappy. Somehow I doubt it will equal the cost of a new machine, but who knows?
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I did took some advice from a friend. He is a technician working for Futureshop (a Canadain Electronic retailer). He said large retail stores charge a lot for their labor. Now that I think about it, perhaps I am better off with Futureshop? After all, it's better to pay more than to get ripped off while paying less right?
By the way, does anyone have any experience with Acer's customer services? It might be another option next time. Should I decide to buy another Acer notebook.