I have a VIA C3 laptop here. It's a Ezra C3, a C5C C3. That is, a 0.15 or 0.13 micron C3, which explains why it still runs a bit hot for a processor that is purported to be notebook friendly.
Anyway, CPU frequency scaling is terribly unstable on this CPU in Linux. I'm thinking of getting a Pentium III-M CPU and plugging them in (hey, it's only RM50 and guaranteed to be faster than this) but I'm worried what will happen when it turns out my C3 CPU is soldered into the motherboard.
How do I find out if it's soldered or not? Is there some kind of software utility that will tell you that? (I don't have a screwdriver small enough to get these screws out)
The motherboard's chipset is a PN266/VT8235. Anybody know if this chipset is only used with soldered CPUs?