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Intel Core Duo 478pin in 9100,is it possible?

post #1 of 22
6/6/06 at 5:22am
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i read about this device:

Intel Core™ Duo T2600, 2.16 GHz Core Duo (BX80539T2600) Intel Boxed Processor in socket 478pin

do we need bios update?

http://shop.pcmag.com/shop/product_s.../28941268.aspx

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post #2 of 22
6/6/06 at 6:13am
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post #3 of 22
6/6/06 at 10:57am
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May We Cut It ?
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post #4 of 22
6/6/06 at 12:56pm
Cutting processor pins usually isn't a great idea.

Every pin usually serves a purpose.
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post #5 of 22
6/6/06 at 9:16pm
The chipset in your 9100 does not support a Core Duo CPU in any way shape or manner. Even if you could get the CPU to physically fit (not saying you will) the CPU will not work as the chipset was never designed to work with that CPU.
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post #6 of 22
6/6/06 at 10:38pm
no, it wont work
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post #7 of 22
6/7/06 at 3:18am
not to mention the 9100 board would fry the little chip that will be overfed power.
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post #8 of 22
6/7/06 at 9:49am
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lol, of course
but a single pin of difference looks more as marketing decision than an techinical issue...
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post #9 of 22
6/7/06 at 10:55am
This is like trying to put a Corvette engine into a Honda Civic. Sure it could possibly be done, but it will cost you a lot of money and would probably be cheaper just to go and buy a Corvette instead.
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post #10 of 22
6/7/06 at 1:54pm
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Originally Posted by DELL-Machina
not to mention the 9100 board would fry the little chip that will be overfed power.
no... go take an ee class

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Originally Posted by smatteo
lol, of course
but a single pin of difference looks more as marketing decision than an techinical issue...
more than one pin is different, but yes, it was mostly a marketing decision

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Originally Posted by govtcheez
This is like trying to put a Corvette engine into a Honda Civic. Sure it could possibly be done, but it will cost you a lot of money and would probably be cheaper just to go and buy a Corvette instead.

no, just incompatable
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post #11 of 22
6/9/06 at 9:35pm
probaly the best way to acheive getting this new processor would be to call dell and get new warrente then throw laptop out of the widow or down the stairs... Ring up and say you dropped it and perhaps they'll replace it with a 9400. I guess the money you pay for the extra cover could build 20 9400's.
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post #12 of 22
6/9/06 at 11:38pm
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Originally Posted by #1sharp'
probaly the best way to acheive getting this new processor would be to call dell and get new warrente then throw laptop out of the widow or down the stairs... Ring up and say you dropped it and perhaps they'll replace it with a 9400. I guess the money you pay for the extra cover could build 20 9400's.
... no
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post #13 of 22
6/10/06 at 8:16pm
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Originally Posted by Cirthix
no... go take an ee class

Apparently so should you. The reason for the motherboard not being able to properly support other than the pins being re arranged is that the Pentium4 runs on a higher voltage than the pentiumM if you dropped a pin compatible chip into a board that didnt support it then the board will incorrectly supply uninstended amounts of power into this chip. The pentium4 desktop CPU in the 9100 naturally is supplied more power compared to the Core Duo CPU so even if you managed to slot one into the board the 9100 will kill the CPU in a matter of minutes. Those of you who had Socket7 Based computers will have had first hand expreince with this problem when trying to put a K6 cpu into an intel board.
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post #14 of 22
6/13/06 at 3:56am
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Originally Posted by DELL-Machina
Apparently so should you. The reason for the motherboard not being able to properly support other than the pins being re arranged is that the Pentium4 runs on a higher voltage than the pentiumM if you dropped a pin compatible chip into a board that didnt support it then the board will incorrectly supply uninstended amounts of power into this chip. The pentium4 desktop CPU in the 9100 naturally is supplied more power compared to the Core Duo CPU so even if you managed to slot one into the board the 9100 will kill the CPU in a matter of minutes. Those of you who had Socket7 Based computers will have had first hand expreince with this problem when trying to put a K6 cpu into an intel board.


if it worked(which it doesnt), VID pins tell the mobo what voltage to supply.
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post #15 of 22
6/14/06 at 3:46pm
i wasnt being serios. If dell found out im sure they wouldnt be too happy.
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post #16 of 22
8/12/06 at 4:14am
Yeah I thought about going through the same process last night.. but after doing my research (via dell.com and Intel.com) the chipset on the motherboard for i9100/xps is 865PE, and if you look at intel site for what proc work with the differernt chipsets... its a no go
http://www.dell.com/content/products...aspx/inspn_xps

and Intel
http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/865pe/index.htm

http://indigo.intel.com/compare_cpu/...&culture=en-US

hope this helps
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post #17 of 22
8/13/06 at 7:17pm
core duo is 479 pin.... incompatible. period.
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post #18 of 22
8/14/06 at 2:14am
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Originally Posted by whackamac
core duo is 479 pin.... incompatible. period.
dream wrecker.

What's next? ...telling them that the Tooth Fairy is a bald guy who wears a pink tutu and hands out Fig Newtons?

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post #19 of 22
8/14/06 at 4:55pm
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Originally Posted by Cirthix


more than one pin is different, but yes, it was mostly a marketing decision

It wasn't a marketting decision, the Intel Dual Core processors require the Intel 945 northbridge they will not work with the 915 chipsets Dothan processors used. The socket was changed to prevent Dothan owners trying to put a Core Duo in their system since it could not work with the chipset.

John
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post #20 of 22
8/14/06 at 11:42pm
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Originally Posted by V.B.
dream wrecker.

What's next? ...telling them that the Tooth Fairy is a bald guy who wears a pink tutu and hands out Fig Newtons?
no... he hands out skittles... lots of skittles...
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