So I have a few classes of CPU I like to use for all sorts of things. From single thread optimized machines to multicore monsters. However, what I have a lot of right now that I need to verify and test is just… mobile CPU’s. At that some cool ones.
On hand I have a Core 2 Duo E8315. This is a chip that, in the right chassis, can be tricked to use all 6mb of cache like an older intel CPU, rather than like a small ram hub. So its always full, always going. I want to play with this CPU and a few more but I only have laptop boards that accept them, and no modded bios’ for those boards. I’ve done a few searches, but nothing immediate popped up
Desktop boards that take mobile chips, yep. Like the old aopen boards that took pentium M’s. I need to document what each chip I have is capable of and compile a document for ppl to use.
I think you best bet is either ebay or the Asian market variants of ebay. There are some very weird and strange motherboards out there for these things. LTT has done a few videos on oddball motherboards they got from Asian ebay-esque websites.
I just can’t fathom that in 2021. Web browsing alone has to be almost unusable at those speeds. I imagine you’re already on the Starlink waiting list and fantasizing about that day the dish shows up on your front porch.
