Guide to Acer 8204 merom upgrade

Hello

Did anyone post a guide on how to upgrade an 8204 with the new merom CPU? I'm new to laptops, and don't wanna fiddle around too much on my own.
And is a merom upgrade really worth it? I'm encoding alot of dvd's, and could use all the power I can get.

Thanks

 

sorry i cant help you, but have you looked online for any tutorials?
remember google is your friend

this may help

 

it is not a huge preformance gain, more or less just adds 64 bits.

if it is preforming good now don't change it

if not you almost have to buy a desktop, proccesors only get so powerful in laptops

 

Thanks for your replies guys

My laptop is performing quite well, but I've heard that merom perfoms up to 20% better. If the operation isn't too difficult, I think I'm gonna give it a try. But I guess I need an online tutorial of some sort to get it done correctly. I read in another post that I have to unscrew almost 50 screws or something to get the old CPU out, which seems abit alarming. Is this correct?

 

if you're not familiar with the internal components of a notebook, especially what should go where, I'd strongly advise against doing this yourself even with an online guide.

Just a small mistake, a loose screw or something, and it's over!

Best to buy a merom chip, and find a computer servicing shop that will do this for you. There are many such shops where I'm from (Singapore), and they would charge about $30 (not including the chip of course!)

 

I'm thinking to upgrade to merom also.
Hey loop, do you know any shop that sell merom and install it too in singapore?
Thanx

 

not sure..guess you can take a walk around simlim square and see. if the shop sells it, the shop will probably have installation service too.