Aspire 5315 CPU Step-by-Step Upgrade Guide

Whats the issue?????

 

I loaded Vista Home Basic x64 last night and the drivers all worked fine. But my Graphics score stayed at 2.0. I did the clean install following the instructions in this thread and restored my Vista activation without having to enter the product key. After my installation was activated, I did the Windows Updates, which included a newer Graphics driver. My score went up to 2.1. So I gave up on that.

I then swapped out the memory, 2x1gb sticks, for 2x2gb sticks. Got the BSOD. 1x2gb and 1x1gb sticks, BSOD. One 2 gig module and I booted successfully. Reran the index and now my graphics score went up to 3.1. Went back to 2 different 1gb sticks and my score went up to 3.2. So something was wrong with the old memory I was using and 2gb is the best I'm going to do with this laptop.

The clean install seems zippier but I haven't loaded any apps yet. Since I can't use more then 2 gigs though, I will probably restore the 32bit version. At least then I will have the DVD writing software.

 

I think the combo 1+2 GB works on 5315. Tried to swap the sticks?

 

Maybe I'll try later. I have to get some sleep.

 

This may or may not be helpful. I have 4 gig memory on the 5315 and have Mandriva 2009 64 bit os running. Just starting to play, but it is running and showing the full four gig.

 

I was able to get 3gb by placing the 1gb stick in the bottom slot and the 2gb stick in the top slot. With 4gb, it's BSOD immediately when Vista starts to load.

If you can recognize 4gb in Linux maybe the chipset drivers for Vista are what stops 4gb from working. Who knows?

 

4GB are known to cause BSOD in Vista don't know why.

 

correct. the chipset driver holds back on how much ram vista will see.
will see if there's a new chipset driver, that may sort this problem out

was thinking, have you got the intel graphics ram maxed in the BIOS.
just a thought
Phil

 

Hi! im new here, great info in this thread.

Can you max the graphics ram in the bios? I was looking to do exactly that with a more computer savvy friend the other day and could not work it out.

V1.42 bios by the way

 

You cannot do that through the BIOS, try in Intel Graphics Control panel.

 

Hello,fantaSTIC INFO HERE.
Thank you for all the info.
My problem:
installed a socket p t7300 in my 5315.
hung on first boot(blank screen no cursor),so removed battery,and booted again.
this time success,played around on the net,everest reported core 2 duo etc.
I went to bed happy.
booted next morning,and got the blank screen,no cursor.
The machine refused to boot after that.
I popped the old celery back in and,boots ok again.
Thought I would come on here and solicit suggestions.
I am running windows vista basic,and bios 1.35
Only thing I can see is upgrade bios version.
All suggestions welcome,thank you.

 

as one of the researchers on this thread you need to do a bios upgrade with the celery still in place.
make sure you have all the unneeded programes switched off (anti virus,firewall) and any other stuff you are not using before you flash the bios to Ver.1.43/45.

Good Luck.
Phil

 

Hoggie,
I upgraded to 1.43 and all is well,just had to get over my fear of doing a flash.
What is really sweet is my wife won this in a raffle,so all I had to buy was 2gigs of ram and the cpu.
Chalk up another success for this group,and the helpful people in it.
Thank you again.

 

HI
Has ANYONE successfully overclocked an acer 6920g laptop cpu? If yes, can you share how?

 

T7700 fitted and working well, thanks for the info

 

ummmmmmmm

GUESS WHO'S BACK...
back again... bigO is back.... tell a friend.

so what have i missed??

 

Hey great forum. I just purchased a 5315 cause I needed a notebook for a coulple of weeks (I loaned my out) so this was the cheapest one I could find. Finding this thread is totally awsome.

Right now I have made the notebook usable by changing the antivirus and changing the theme to windows clasic and not starting several services. I also had a 512 memory stick that I installed.


I just ordered a t9300 and will be reinstalling Vista Basic.

I will let you know how it goes. I can't wait for the chip to arrive.

Thanks
Robert

 

you may consider XP unless you need VISTA

besure to come back and tell us all about that 9300

 

Acually what I do is run Vista with vmware server and I use xp images for each client system that I work on and have one for my normal machine. That way I only need to copy the vmware images and all my desktops are also ready. I can acually run it on the stock 5315 once I added the extra 512mb.
Although it runs a little slow.


Do you have any benchmarks to run for a comparison before and after the upgrade?

 

hello bro how's it dangling

 

so your now about to turn a very cheap laptop in to a very nice bit of kit.
and you will love the upgrade.

Good luck
Phil

 

well there is a verry funny and painful story of me, an item on top of my fridge, and a chair (whose leg broke while i was standing on it). i'll send ya all the details in a PM...

good to see ya. and right now it hurts to dangle, tinkle or even cough.

later,

bigO

 

Maybe a stupid question ,
on your very first message you wrote :

" 2 users have reported back to me on the success of his T7500 upgrade... the CPU will work and the GM965 chipset will support the 800Mhz FSB...

however the chipset on my 5315 is a "GM960 express" not GM965 so will it work aswell ??
thank a lot

 

You mean GL960, and yes, it should work.

 

I did this exact upgrade when i had a 5315 and it worked with no problems.

 

Finally got round to ordering the 2gb RAM lol.
Is £60 good for a T7300 (2.00ghz, 800mhz fsb, 4MB L2)?

 

Is there a list of which CPUs have worked and which haven't for upgrades to ICL50 based laptops?

It wouldn't need to be elaborate with all sorts of flowery prose just list the CPU type, Mhz, S-spec (with link to cpu-world and/or Intel page) and whether or not it works. If there's ANY quirk or tiniest little problem, it goes under doesn't work. Finally, each entry for working CPUs should have the BIOS revision required. If for some reason support for a CPU has been removed from later BIOS versions, that'd be a good thing to make note of.

 

Good idea! When you are done making the list, go ahead and post it here.

 

Well, I ended up buying one for slightly cheaper.
I'll post here again when I've installed it. (might be christmas)
*excited*

 

Thanks a lot !!! ; )
last question , about upgrading the memory

i have a "1Gb pc5300 "now installed on my laptop , will it works properly with the new CPU ? ( i plan on buying a T7500)

then if i want to add 1Gb more , should i buy the same as the previous one or could i mix it with a 1G pc6400 memory stick ?
thank a lot

 

Yes, it'll be fine with the new CPU (T7500).

You can add a gig of PC2-6400 later, but the PC2-6400 will downclock to PC2-5300 due to a chipset limitation.

 

Well, my T7300 and RAM arrived, and I sucessfully upgraded.
Everything working fine on a clean install of XP.
Boot time now even faster than it was before (about 20 seconds now )
Took a screenshot if it helps anyone.
I even managed to get a "Intel Core 2 Duo Inside" sticker

 

Just FYI, Use CPU-Z v1.41 or 1.40.5....These display the voltage and SLFM correctly.

And congrats on the upgrade duksandfish..

 

Just installed my new T9300 chip. I am still running the stock Vista Basic and did not reinstall as others have posted with the T9300. I see marked lower temperatures and a very real performance gain. Overall am pleased with the upgrade. Now if we could just increase the graphics speed........

Why again would I need to reinstall vista with the T9300?

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this wonderful thread.

Robert

 

Also, just noticed, even after my upgrade, it still shows my chipset as GL960.

 

Have you tried putting a sustained 100% load on the cpu? (if not, try OCCT for an easy to use basic load test)

On my 5315, which was running Vista Home Premium, when I upgraded from a Celeron to a T5550 and then to a T9300 without reinstalling Vista, the T5550 worked fine under load but the T9300 crashed the system, ie the thermal throttling didn't work properly.

If you look in the system event logs, visible from control panel admin functions, you may find system error event messages about a mismatch between the OS and the cpu firmware. After I reinstalled Vista, the messages went away and the T9300 worked beautifully.

Good luck .

 

I'm installed T7300, confirm that working fine.
Saw that PCI-E slot not installed, it's sad..

 

I see two events in the event log. So I guess I do need to reinstall. Now the temps never get over 70 degrees when running under load but it would probably be better to fix the issue. I just wish I could figure out how to do this with out reinstalling.

Thanks again

 

So I want to do a reinstall of the Vista that came with the unit. Can I use the recovery partition to do the reinstall or would I end up with the same issue? or Do I need make a set of cd's(mine only has a cd burner) and reinstall that way?

 

Either would work, though I recommend you do a clean install, and use the key on the bottom of your laptop.
Or clean install XP
Or dual boot XP and Vista

 

If you are doing a clean install of Vista, I recommend you use the instructions in the following thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=120228

It will let you avoid a call to Microsoft to activate your installation.

 

I didn't have to call when I did it.....

 

Oh, okay. I was just going by what I have read. However, since Acer uses a generic activation code on shipped laptops, I would rather use the ABR method, so I can save the code on the bottom of the laptop just in case of future problems.

 

If you use the Disk to Disk recovery option, you won't need to enter the key. Google for "activation backup and restore" to find a utility to backup your OEM license info. Then you can do a clean install from a retail DVD (possibly an Anytime Upgrade DVD), skip entering a key then use ABR to restore the original OEM key and license.

Every single one of these Aspire laptops with Vista Basic used the same OEM key. The Magical Jelly Bean key finder will show you the key, which will NOT match the one on the bottom of the laptop.

 

hi im wondering if the performance of the graphic card has rised after upgrade ?
you can use gpu Z to see ; especially bandwith
and thank you

 

here is the link to my gpu z info page
www techpowerup com/gpuz/v6fur/

5315 3gig ram t9300 vista basic

 

I'd like to see Intel or Microsoft fix the DirectX problems. There are some bugs in it that the farbrausch fr-030 "Candytron" (final version) demo reveals. You can see the rendering errors in screenshots here or find the demo to download and run on your laptop. If you want to see what it's supposed to look like, there's video of the demo on youtube.

 

thanks a lot ojthecat
i think i ll upgrade mine soon

 

In all the games I've installed and played on my 5315 (Age of Mythology, Halo, Rome: Total War) The first few times I played them, I got graphical erros, and i had to reboot to get them playing properly. Halo very playable woth the T7300, and I think upgrading the ram doubled the Video memory, as on my sticker it says "up to 252MB" and Gpuz now tells me that the total avaliable is around 470MB.

 

I haven't posted at all but just wanted to thank you all for the never ending information and wanted to share this with you....bought my T8300 yesterday and am sooooo stoked with it so far....

Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T8300
Windows XP Professional SP3 (Build 2600)
CPU Arch : 1 CPU - 2 Cores - 2 Threads
CPU PSN : Intel Core2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2.40GHz
CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 EM64T
CPUID : 6.7.6 / Extended : 6.17
CPU Cache : L1 : 2 x 32 / 2 x 32 KB - L2 : 3072 KB
Core : Penryn (45 nm) / Stepping : M0
Freq : 1197.01 MHz (199.5 * 6)
MB Brand : Acer
MB Model : Acadia
NB : Intel GL960 rev C0
SB : Intel 82801HBM (ICH8-ME) rev B1
RAM : 3072 MB DDR2 Dual Channel
RAM Speed : 332.5 MHz (3:5) @ 5-5-5-15
Slot 1 : 1024MB (PC2-5300)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : Nanya Technology
Slot 2 : 2048MB (PC2-5300)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : Corsair