Acer 5230E CPU Upgrade??

Hello,

I purchased an Acer 5320E in November of '09 and was wondering if there might some upgrade options out there that work. I ran CPUID and this is what I know. Any advice you could give would be most appreciated, Thanks!

CPU:

Intel Celeron 900, Peryn, Socket P (478) 45NM, 2.2GHz Family 6, Model 7, Stepping 6, Revesion R0.

Mainboard:

Acer Homa, Intel GL40m, ICH9-M,
Phoenix Tech ver 1.34.

 

The following will work because they match specs perfectly (800MT/s FSB dual cores):

Celeron T3000 1.8 Ghz
Celeron T3100 1.9Ghz
Celeron T3300 2.0Ghz (released 1/17/10)
Pentium T4200 2.0Ghz
Pentium T4300 2.1Ghz
Pentium T4400 2.2 Ghz (Q4 '09)
Pentium T4500 2.3 Ghz (Q1 '10)

I have the T4300 in an Acer Extensa 5230E (was a Celeron 900 single core, GL40) which works perfect for me.

The T4400 seems to be available in new oem laptops now but I have not seen it for sale yet. The T4500 is due out shortly.

Other 800MT/s FSB processors that work on the GL40 chipset:

Core 2 Duo T6400 2.0 Ghz 2MB L2 Cache
Core 2 Duo T6500 2.1 Ghz 2MB L2 Cache
Core 2 Duo T6570 2.1 GHz 2MB L2 Cache
Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2 GHz 2MB L2 Cache
Core 2 Duo T6670 2.2 GHz 2MB L2 Cache
Core 2 Duo T8100 2.1 GHz 3MB L2 Cache
Core 2 Duo T8300 2.4 GHz 3MB L2 Cache
Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5 GHz 6MB L2 Cache
Core 2 Duo T9500 2.6 GHz 6MB L2 Cache

but these are more expensive for a $250 laptop.

I would update your bios via acer's website before upgrading (currently v1.36)