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My T1300 Solo Is Now a T2400 Duo

post #1 of 27
3/18/06 at 8:48pm
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Well, with some tips from aibil, and all about 30-40 min of my time I installed my T2400 Duo Processor. While things were opened up I upgraded the Thermal Compound used by Dell, and already have noticed a 10 - 15 Degree drop in temps.

I should clarify, the temps I am reading are from i9kfangui, but the Before / After Temps have dropped accordingly


One boot up to load new setup info and reboot, Two Processors # 1.86 Ghz

I picked up the CPU for $ 240.00 on Ebay, it was sold to me as an Enginerring Sample from Twaiwan.

Benchmarks all look good. Great deal for the price.
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post #2 of 27
3/18/06 at 8:51pm
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Originally Posted by dave-p
Well, with some tips from aibil, and all about 30-40 min of my time I installed my T2400 Duo Processor. While things were opened up I upgraded the Thermal Compound used by Dell, and already have noticed a 10 - 15 Degree drop in temps.

One boot up to load new setup info and reboot, Two Processors # 1.86 Ghz

I picked up the CPU for $ 240.00 on Ebay, it was sold to me as an Enginerring Sample from Twaiwan.

Benchmarks all look good. Great deal for the price.
Hey, Congrats. I hope you enjoy the heck out of it!! You also got a great deal..Can you notice any difference in performance?
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post #3 of 27
3/18/06 at 8:58pm
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I definitley see a marked improvement when I have several Apps running.

Video seems a little better as well.

The Cooler Temps are a plus as well. Seems the Factory Cooling is not that great, and should be replaced with some better after market thermal compound.
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post #4 of 27
3/18/06 at 9:03pm
DOH!! I neglected to do the thermal compund treatment while I was in there. I guess I will have to try it now since you are having such good results with it..
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post #5 of 27
3/18/06 at 9:05pm
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I didn't have my allan keys with me, but I will probably do the GPU later, but I did the CPU and the Other chip that were on the CPU heat pipe,

I should clarify, the temps I am reading are from i9kfangui, but the Before / After Temps have dropped accordingly
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post #6 of 27
3/18/06 at 9:38pm
glad to see people cracking open their systems to get the most out of them
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post #7 of 27
3/19/06 at 2:59am
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Carefully cracking open thier systems lol
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post #8 of 27
3/19/06 at 3:02am
So what's the diff in superPi now?
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post #9 of 27
3/19/06 at 3:11am
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Never ran superPi,

3dmark06 went from 2800 to 3275
Aquamark3 went from 61000 to 71,000
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post #10 of 27
3/19/06 at 4:46am
wut are the before and after temps after applying thermal compound? Was it as5?
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post #11 of 27
3/19/06 at 1:57pm
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my idle CPU temps now (using Everest) are 20-25 C, before they were 35-40. Under load they went about 5-10 c higher.

Is it possible the Duo CPU run cooler than a Solo ???

I noticed as soon as I exposed the CPU during replacement there was not much compound used originally. The second CHIP on the heat pipe had a thermal pad, which I removed in favour of the thermal compound.

I used a Silicone based Thermal Compound, not as5. in my experiance, any good silicone based thermal paste is pretty much the same, as long as it does not dry out, it will transfer the heat properly.

I still make it a habit to regularly clean off old compound and re-apply fresh stuff on my Desktop which is a Water Cooled AMD 2.6 Ghz 64 Bit OC system. which runs about 45-50 c under load (BF2).

one thing is for sure, the factory supplied thermal transfer solution can be improved.

I will do the GPU next when I bring some tools home, and see what improvement can be made there.
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post #12 of 27
3/20/06 at 6:34pm
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Is it possible the Duo runs cooler than the Solo ??
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post #13 of 27
3/21/06 at 12:16am
woah!! thats great idle temps...

my core duo (stock thermal) runs 40+ until the internal fan kicks in (slow) bringing it down to 30..

Is 20-25 with the internal fan on? or off?

If its off, thats really amazing..

WHats ur ambient temp by the way?
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post #14 of 27
3/21/06 at 12:43am
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I have the fans set always on, they turn on high at 35
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post #15 of 27
3/21/06 at 1:52am
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I have not seen my CPU temp go above 40 either,

CPU has hit 60, but thats when it is OC and I9 sometimes crashes on my and the fans don't kick in sooner.

I am definitely going to get the thermal paste on the GPU done this week, and see if there is any improvement.
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post #16 of 27
3/21/06 at 9:52am
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Originally Posted by dave-p
Is it possible the Duo runs cooler than the Solo ??
Yes. Intel Bins their mobil chips not just on how fast they can go but on power usage. If say most of the chips can run at 2.13 GHz no problem, then the way they're going to determine what chip is what speed is that the lowest power chips will get the highest speed grade (unless they are so low power as to make it into the LV or ULV category). This is basically what makes them all run at ~ the same power when at full speed (same TDP) but makes the faster chips use less power when idling along at ~999 MHz.
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post #17 of 27
3/22/06 at 3:24am
ENGINEERING SAMPLE?

Usually that means the multiplier is unlocked both upwards and downwards....experiment please? lol
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post #18 of 27
3/22/06 at 3:36am
Hey dave what are you doing with your core solo now?
I recently purchased a t2500 and I was thinking about selling my core solo, but I don't know for how much. Maybe $150 is a reasonably price?
Does anyone knows what is the difference of an Engineering Sample and Retail CPU? (besides the warranty)
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post #19 of 27
3/26/06 at 12:55am
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I have not decided if I going to sell the T1300 or keep it in case I ever have to send the E1705 back to Dell.

I paid 240.00 USD for the T2400 on Ebay, it definitely works much better than the Solo, of course.

Not too sure what a slightly used T1300 CPU would be worth? anyone ?
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post #20 of 27
3/26/06 at 12:58am
Hey dave, how much can you undervolt that Engineering Sample and what are your average temperature?
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