Acer 8920G - CPU upgrade

I recently bought this model: Aspire 8920G, C2DT5750, 4GB, 320GB HDD, 18.4" WUXGA, Nvidia GeForce 9500M-GS 512 MB, Blu Ray, VHP and still awaiting for a delivery.

I plan to buy T9500 cpu from Ebay (it much much cheaper this way to get this lappy with a faster cpu) - this will be an engineering sample most likely. Neverless just wanted to ask a question how to do this and is it safe? Of course I plan to restore default settings in BIOS - is it everything I should do?
I have read the laptop review on the notebookcheck website and saw few pictures and that there is a one big hatch on the bottom giving an access to HDDs, RAM and, what's important, to cpu and geforce. So based on this review am I correct that I will not need to disamble the whole PC in order to replace the cpu?

Can anyone confirm if the CPU is accessible via this hatch.

Thanks guys

 

I presume it can be done without taking apart the whole notebook, since most new acers have this feature of swapping the CPU without the removing the back panel....!!

It is a pretty big jump from the T5750 to the T9500....but I strongly recommend to you, not to buy an ES unless you are into serious overclocking stuff and are risking the green spent on your notebook and the CPU..!!

 

you are most likely correct about the CPU location.. i have yet to get my hands on the 8920 so i can't be positive... but acer's newer laptops seem much easier to upgrade and work on...

you may wanna do a bit of research on engineering sample CPUs.... they are often put thru some EXTENSIVE torture...

i'd rather have an OEM CPU, but that 3 yr warranty is a reason to consider the retail version..

 

Yeah, if budget is a problem, consider the retail version of the T9300 (just about 0.1GHz slower than the T9500, thats it.... ) and is for $319 from newegg....alot cheaper than the T9500 (more than $200 cheap..)..!!

 

You can see the photos of actullitation ? awesome

 

Hi Lads, thanks for your suggestions. I am not sure what to do in relation to the ES of the cpu. There is a guy on ebay selling only ESs, he even has X9000 with a great price. So far he got 237 possitive comments and only one neutral (for not telling people that he sells ESs and he's from Taiwan). Every single CPU he sold worked just great so it's a bit tempting for me not sure what to do.

This is an usa store isn't it? Am from Ireland so defienitely want to avoid customs on the cpu

 

No dude, there was only a good review of this lappy with several photos.

 

I presume it can be done without taking apart the whole notebook, since most new acers have this feature of swapping the CPU without the removing the back panel....!!

It is a pretty big jump from the T5750 to the T9500....but I strongly recommend to you, not to buy an ES unless you are into serious overclocking stuff and are risking the green spent on your notebook and the CPU..!![/QUOTE]

Thanks mate for the file, it helped me a lot. So it's gonna take 5 mins to replace CPU - life is beautiful

 

Would advise you to stay away from the ESs since they don't have a good history....(have been tested under the most severest of conditions)..!!

And I know that guy who is on Ebay, I sold him my T7300, from my Dell....!!
You ll find much more cheaper X9000s on ebay elsewhere..!! I bought 2 new for $500 and 1 ES for $380..!!

 

Hmmm... those X9000 appear to be kind of cheap... interesting up-grade for our Gemstones...

angand1608 - where?

 

I bought all my X9000s from this guy....I found his X9000 ES listing now priced at $390.. (instead of $380)....!!
I guess he doesn't have non-ESs at the moment..!! When I bought my CPUs from him, he had 2 remaining and I gave him an offer of half a grand for both and he agreed..!!
Man, M sleepy..night all :SLEEP:

 

Thanks for the advise. And now I am looking for a retail ver of X9000. There is one for GBP200. Think I will go for it.
How to recognize ES? They will have "Intel Confidential" printed on them?

 

Yeah, tempting. But it's in china. Knowing Ireland they will definitely catch me on customs
I found this on EbayIE. what do you guys think of it (retail or ES)?

 

the seller plainly states that it is NOT an ES..

if the PIC is of the actual item and not "borrowed" from a different sale..
the one in the PIC is not an ES cpu

 

Yeah, but you know, these days.... Anyway I asked him about that and here's the answer (am not fully convienced):

"It comes in its antistatic box. Fully tested. I can give a full DOA guarantee. It is the proper SLAQJ version, (not the defective ES version that others sell). Since these cpus are released only a couple months ago, they have warranty from intel. Intel cpus very rarely go wrong. However if it ever goes wrong, you should contact directly the manufacturer (INTEL) to replace it for you. I hope this helps. kind regards


- ffmmfmfm"

 

Well, first of all you can contact Intel only if you buy from one of their (Retail Boxed Products) authorized dealers (a few guys on ebay), and you have to present a proof of purchase, and if intel kind of fell that the transaction was valid in their terms, they will replace the CPU for you if they feel that the CPU itself has given is life up and hasn't been misused in anyway..!! (You will absolutely get NO WARRANTY BACKUP from INTEL for OEMs....!!)
I did have problems with my Q9450, which I had bought from amazon, and had a tough time getting a replacement for it..!!
ES CPUs will have ES printed on their sSPEC no. on the CPU or they will have printed intel confidential..!! or even if a seller cheats you can always install it and see through CPUz if it is an ES or not..!!
And I would buy from a guy who has 100% feedback and a Power Seller status even if I have to throw in a few more quids....Because those guys value their feedback and you can pleasantly get your items replaced if you hit any problems....
I am planning to put my X9000s to some good use, else would have put it on BST..

 

X9000 has a heat disapation of 45W i believe the thermal design on the machine is 35W t9300 / t9500 is 35W will the machine be able to handle the processor ?

 

I had a D630 which came with a T7250, with a TDP of 35W..!!
I upgraded it to the X9000, temps were fine but when running orthos, temps jumped upto 96*C (OC to 3.8GHz)....!!

It should be fine, since most of the time it would remain at a multiplier of 8-10..!!
My temps never went above 50*C when idle....

It is a matter of hit and trial, since no one here has tested a X9000 in a gemstone, you'd never know unless you actually upgrade it..