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    Acer Aspire 3810T CPU upgrade

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by olugia0, Oct 9, 2012.

  1. olugia0

    olugia0 Newbie

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    Hi, so is it possible to upgrade the cpu from SU9400 to either SL9600 or SP9600 which have different Max TDPs?

    It can probably be ugraded to SU9600 which is of the same series of processors as SU9400

    If any is possible, is soldering needed to install the new processor?
    (According to my research, they said soldering is not needed)
     
    olugia0, Oct 9, 2012
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  2. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Hello, Olugia0, theoretically it is possible but the 3810T's CPU is in fact soldered onto the motherboard.

    So this upgrade will involve a process of desoldering the current CPU, soldering the new one and possibly the need of adding the new CPUs microcode to the system BIOS.
    Unfortunately this is not a cheap task that anybody can perform thus making it expensive and in the end not worth the small gain.
     
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  3. olugia0

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    I see, thank you :D
     
    olugia0, Oct 9, 2012
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