[KLUG Members] Celeron

[Adam Williams]

> Hey, there. I have a dead laptop. It is so dead that I think the CPU
> burned out. Anyone have a Celeron I could put in it to test? It's a
> Compaq Presario 1200US. If you need more info on what *kind* of Celeron
> (I've never owned one, so I'm not sure what kinds of Celerons exist,
> generally) please tell me how to tell the difference, or point me to
> where I can find out. TIA.

Can you replace just the CPU in the laptop?  Every laptop I've seen the
guts of is a solder job, very little is usually socketed.

Also is there a number of the chip?  It may be some mobile variant.