Extensa 5620 CPU upgrade

I have a T5250 in my Extensa 5620 that I'm considering upgrading. I was originally thinking of the T7500 but I'm now leaning toward the Penryn T8100.

Does anyone know if the Penryn architecture is supported?

Also I read in another thread here about some Acer machines not
supporting VT technology in the bios. Can anyone confirm that it is supported
on the 5620?

 

have you tried reading the text file that comes w/ the BIOS flash??

often called changelog.txt it contains info on updates to BIOS along with error corrections...

if you have no luck there report back and i'll do a bit of research
but my plate is full right now,,, so to speak *winks*
later,
bigO

 

I downloaded the latest BIOS (1.32) and it unfortunately didn't come with a changelog file.

Have fun with the hottie... lol and thanks for your help.

 

The latest manual out for the 5620 shows support for Penryn CPUs in the specifications pages, and they are using the same chipsets (mine is GM965).


It looks like it should support it unless some other revisions have been made to the board in the latest models.

 

that answer is a big YES

if you have 965,, the BIOS is all you need to worry about and i'm pretty sure you are in good shape there

 

I'm gonna go for it. I'm placing my order with newegg now.

 

good luck and besure to post your results here or in the CPU UPGRADE STICKY

 

My T8100 was supposed to be delivered on Friday but never made it. It should be here tomorrow. During the wait I was debating if I should have gone for the T8300. I was looking at the user reviews at newegg for the T8300 and came across a post from a person with the same laptop as me (Extensa 5620-6830). He upgraded his processor to the T8300. He said he just popped it in and everything worked great.

Great news for me

Now I just need to decide if I should keep the T8100 when it arrives or swap it for the T8300. I really like the $203 price tag of the T8100 though since I'm also upgrading my HD to a 320GB drive.

 

do both processors have the same FSB speed?? are both 800mhz FSB?

if so why worry about a topend CPU speed you won't be maxing out very often unless gaming, or doing CPU intensive tasks...

the T8100 should serve you well


later,
bigO

 

Both are 800Mhz FSB. Same processor except the T8300 is 300mhz faster.

For the most part I'll be using a lot of vmware. The new HD will be multi-boot. I'm hoping to be able to use 64bit Vista ultimate as my primary OS but I'll have to see how it goes with that. If it works well I'll bump my RAM to 4 GB. The RAM will help a lot with the virtual machines.

 

i'm not up on the whole VM movement,,, 300g is not that huge,, but if the FSBs were different,, i'd say go w/ the fast FSB

let us know how it goes,

bigO

 

I returned the T8100 and received the T8300 today.

Just installed it about 1/2 hour ago. Works great. Hopefully it stays that way

 

Congrats,,

enjoy the speed....... and sell me that old CPU

BigO

 

i just got a extensa 5620Z(4025) from newegg for 399 ( firesale)
1gig and a dual pentiume 1.73 ( t2370)

its a socket p , gm965 chipset detected by cpu-z . I am assuming its the same as the earlier poster with a extensa 5620.

I cant believe how cheap the sockep p Penryn are. I may just go for the 8100 or 8300.

 

T8300 is the way to go,,,,

and there are always people looking to buy used CPUS at decent prices if you decide to sell your T2370

 

Successfully upgraded the t2370 my 5620z came with the penryn t8300 2.4 ghz.
Bios is at 1.34, 1.32 may take the penryns as well.

You need to gently remove the fan to get off the CPU cooler. But a very easy upgrade.

The penryn runs so cold, around 28-32c, and the fan barely goes on ever. I wish i could use it in my socket M laptop. I use that one as a HD dvb unit.

 

Congrats. Run a stress test, small FFTs, for about 6-10 hours to check its stability. Also check out the Undervolting Guide. Penryn support was added in the v1.23 BIOS version, though a few fixes were included in the later BIOS versions.