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    Aspire 5920 Upgrade Question t54** to T7300

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by one4house, Mar 21, 2008.

  1. one4house

    one4house Newbie

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    I have been using my 5920 for a few months now. It cam with the t5450 and I found a t7300 on ebay that should be here any day now.

    Any of you done this upgrade? With the bus and processor speed increases, is this going to save me in program load times, audio processing times or all of the above?

    Looking forward to the upgrade. There is a guy on ebay letting these processors go for $135. Hell of a deal considering they sell for $255 on newegg.
     
    one4house, Mar 21, 2008
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    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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  3. one4house

    one4house Newbie

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    Thanks for the link. I did already know that it was compatible. I was more interested in hearing from people that had gone from the slow processor to the better one. What were the improvements.

    Looking forward to more replies.
     
    one4house, Mar 21, 2008
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    gmcgee Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just replaced a 5250 with a t8100. My temps have dropped a lot. my battery life is longer and everything is quite a bit faster. I didn't do any real benchmarking before so I can't give exact percentages but before the upgrade I couldn't smoothly decode 1080P VC1 video without a player that used Nvidia pure video. 1080P VC1 video playing in nero now takes about 40% cpu usage (it was about 70-80% on 5250 with spikes hitting 100% causing the hickups).
     
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  5. one4house

    one4house Newbie

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    Thanks for the info. Might I ask you how much that processor cost you?
     
    one4house, Mar 21, 2008
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    gmcgee Notebook Enthusiast

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    got it from newegg. think it was 240 delivered. I made my GF buy it for me for by birthday.
     
    gmcgee, Mar 22, 2008
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    tavara Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the links. I have already purchased my chip though.
     
    one4house, Mar 22, 2008
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    I understand a BIOS update is required for those of us with the older T5250's in order for the Penryn's to work. Does anyone have a step by step on the BIOS updating process for the 5920 ? Thanks
     
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    gmcgee Notebook Enthusiast

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    1 download new bios
    2 unarchive
    3 run program
    4 pray
     
    gmcgee, Mar 22, 2008
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  11. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    # 4. PRAY..(lol)


    i like that.... i never hesitate to flash my BIOS, i find myself checking the Acer site weekly just hoping for a new one. But then again i am kinda sick and twisted
     
    bigozone, Mar 22, 2008
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