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Dual Core Upgrade Path for Inspiron 6000

post #1 of 4
8/6/06 at 11:52pm
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Anyone know what I can do to my Inspiron 6000 in terms of upgrades? I'd love dual core, even if it meant serious FSB declocking and such, but I'm hardly a chipset and socket interchange guru.

I don't really care at all about similar Pentium Ms of faster clock, that doesn't interest me.

While both being 478 pin, I see P-M is FCPGA4 and Core Duo is FCPGA6. So I guess there's probably no hope. But I thought I'd ask! Visual Studio .NET really slaps this box around

I also found this on Wikipedia..

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Yonah is supported by the 945GM, 945PM and 945GT system chipsets. Core Duo and Core Solo use an FCPGA6 (478-pin) pinout, but due to pin arrangement and new chipset functions are not compatible with any previous Pentium M motherboard.



Now I know why I got a pretty nice wxga laptop last black friday for a very good deal, they had to move inventory for the core branded stuff coming out that christmas

deals = bad deal!
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post #2 of 4
8/7/06 at 2:54am
Unfortunately it simply can't be done. The older CPUs (Pentium-M and most Celeron-Ms) used the i915 chipset; Yonah requires the i945 (and a different socket, as you've found).
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post #3 of 4
8/7/06 at 8:04am
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thanks, that's what I was afraid of. figured better to ask though!
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post #4 of 4
8/7/06 at 12:34pm
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what about the 533mhz bus mod? how exactly is that done? at least it's free
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