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7700 Processor upgrade options

post #1 of 8
9/6/06 at 3:58pm
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Hello

I have a Area-51m 7700 laptop with a 3ghz Pentium 4 CPU (500 series) and i'm looking to upgrade the chip. What series processors do these laptops support? Would a dual core processor such as this work? http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=102622
Or am I stuck with the 500 and 600 series.
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post #2 of 8
9/6/06 at 4:14pm
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Originally Posted by scotty91
Hello

I have a Area-51m 7700 laptop with a 3ghz Pentium 4 CPU (500 series) and i'm looking to upgrade the chip. What series processors do these laptops support? Would a dual core processor such as this work? http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=102622
Or am I stuck with the 500 and 600 series.
Thanks

You are stuck with the 5 and 6 series. While the dual core chips are socket compatible, the i915g chipset only supports single core cpus. The 6 series is supposed to run quite a bit cooler than the 5 series, so I plan on replacing my 530 with a 630, which should also support Intel Enhanced Speed Step
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post #3 of 8
9/6/06 at 4:21pm
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ok thanks for the fast reply. Looks like im going to wait a while then for the 600 series price to come down and then i'll upgrade.
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post #4 of 8
9/9/06 at 9:37am
yes
the only compatable processors are 5xx & 6xx series
don't try something else
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post #5 of 8
9/9/06 at 1:32pm
Replacing the processor voids the AW warranty. If you want one go for the 571, it's exactly like the 670 but with only 1 mb cache. It keeps all the features to, em64t, and all the others.
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post #6 of 8
9/13/06 at 1:59pm
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yeah thats what i was afraid of Would they know if i replaced it, and if something went wrong, just to put the old chip back in? or does it break a seal or something. I'm just about to send my 7700 back to AW anyhow, as the graphics card is seriously overheating, it won't turn on with battery and i think its not grounding properly.. so i'll wait until it gets back anyhow
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post #7 of 8
9/13/06 at 6:37pm
I THINK you break a seal, not sure, anyone wanna confirm that?
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post #8 of 8
9/13/06 at 8:50pm
No..... They would not know and I have done it 3 times changeing chips and they never said anything the 2 times my mobo was replaced! Just keep the old chip and replace the way you found it before sending it in!
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