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Originally Posted by dandv

Hi again and thanks for all the answers. In the meantime i settled with using SpeedSwitch XP to downclock the CPU to around ~1890 MHZ but the noise is till the same. The only benefit is the fan speed doesn't vary any more so it's easier to get used to.

Anyway, this is far from satisfactory, and since the performance loss due to a lower CPU frequency doesn't seem that big compared to I/O performance differences (the laptop does have a 7200 rpm hard drive), I thought downgrading the CPU would be a good solution.

I e-mailed portableOne and they told me that there is an Intel Pentium @ 2.8GHz that would fit on the mobo. I'm wondering, is there an even slower CPU I could get? Or, more precisely, which of the CPUs that fit in the mobo socket generates the least heat?

And, pardon my illiteracy in this matter: would a Pentium M fit instead of the Intel Pentium 4 that the Fujitsu N6010 has right now on its SiS motherboard? It seems not, according to Intel's site (socket mPGA479M vs. mPGA478)...

Thanks again,
Dan

YOU DON"T WANT ANOTHER P4 YOU NEED A MOBILE PROCESSOR To LOWER THE HEAT GENERATION!