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    Acer Aspire 5310 Celeron 520 Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by ChrisNZ, Dec 2, 2011.

  1. ChrisNZ

    ChrisNZ Newbie

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    Hi there I have a Acer Aspire 5310 running windows 7 and have a Celeron M 520 CPU. I am wanting to upgrade it to give the laptop a little more grunt and battery life. I did purchase a C2D T5600 but didnt even get to the bios screen :(. The Chipset from CPU-Z says:
    Number of cores 1 (max 1)
    Number of threads 1 (max 1)
    Name Intel Celeron M 520
    Codename Merom
    Specification Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 520 @ 1.60GHz
    Package (platform ID) Socket 479 mPGA (0x5)
    CPUID 6.F.6
    Extended CPUID 6.F
    Core Stepping B2
    Technology 65 nm
    Core Speed 1596.0 MHz
    Multiplier x FSB 12.0 x 133.0 MHz
    Rated Bus speed 532.0 MHz
    Stock frequency 1600 MHz
    Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
    L2 cache 1024 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
    FID/VID Control no


    Northbridge Intel i943/940GML rev. 03
    Southbridge Intel 82801GHM (ICH7-M/U) rev. B0
    Memory Type DDR2
    Memory Size 2048 MBytes
    Channels Dual
    Memory Frequency 266.0 MHz (1:2)
    Is there any CPU upgrade such as Core 2 duo, core duo or even core solo that would be a compatible upgrade? The Bios is a Phoenix V1.50 and is the latest according to the Acer website.
     
    ChrisNZ, Dec 2, 2011
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  2. ellalan

    ellalan Notebook Deity

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    Can you open up your RAM bay and near the memory there is a number on a sticker, does it begins with MB.TEB6.003..... or MB.AZL06...
    If it's MB.TEB6.003.... 940GML Core Solo CPUs
    If it's MB.AZL06..........943GML Core2Duo.
    EDIT: Someone has already upgraded with T5600 in a 5310, I am surprised to see why it's not working for you, could be faulty CPU.
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/acer/237918-acer-aspire-5310-a.html
     
    ellalan, Dec 2, 2011
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