Equium L20-264 - CPU upgrade

Hello world

I have Toshiba Equium L20-264 and I want to move into gear
Can someone help me please?

I had already upgraded to 2 GB of Ram, but my CPU is still 1.4 GHz.

Please guide me what to do and if it supports several Ghz processor, which will be the best place to buy.

Thank you.

I assume that you have not read all the posts here in the forum about upgrading the CPU s for laptop?
Did you?

Some facts first:
Update CPU is very delicate and depends on the chipset and BIOS support.
In case one of the parties (chipset or bios) would not support new CPU, the will to power laptop on.

Second: the laptop seems to be equipped with an Intel Celeron - M CPU, and I suppose the other Intel Celeron-M CPU be compatible:
Intel Celeron M 370 (1.5 Ghz)
Intel Celeron M 380 (1.6 Ghz)

Everything supports the FSB 400 Mhz

But guess what? Even if you add the new processor at 1.6 Ghz, the performance gain will be not noticeable. So in my eyes, CPU upgrade for this old book is useless. It won't add any performance benefits.

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