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    Acer 5920 cpu upgrade

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by ildawg, Aug 15, 2008.

  1. ildawg

    ildawg Notebook Enthusiast

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    hello, i have an acer 5920 and want to upgrade my processor, but i want to make sure i buy the right one. i attached a SS of cpuz showing system specs. i want to upgrade to the P8600 and was wondering if it would work. if not, what would you suggest?

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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    No it will not work....
     
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    ildawg Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok, is there a processor you would suggest upgrading to? would a T8300 work?
     
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    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Any Socket P 1st Gen Penryn (T8100, T8300, T9300, T9500) will work....(Aspire 5920??)

    59201.jpg

    (You already have the latest BIOS, checkout the REL_NOTE.txt file in the BIOS upgrade or download it from here, it has the entire list of BIOS updates from day 1 for the AS5920)
     
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    You can upgrade to any non extreme socket P processor which uses a 533, 667 or 800Mhz FSB. I would recommend going for the T8300, T9300 or T9500, if you can find them for a good price.

    uggh, andy always beats me ;)

    K-TRON
     
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    ildawg Notebook Enthusiast

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    excellent thanks for the info.... yea, i upgraded my bios a while back because i was planning to do the upgrade then. should have kept the readme :p
     
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    Sorry K-Tron.. :eek:

    OP: Google for the 5920 CPU upgrade. The Penryn code was added way back in 2007, and I did recieve a PM from a guy with a 5920 who wanted to know about the X9000 non-es seller, but I am unaware of the fact if he was successful in upgrading to the Penryn XE or not....
     
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    in every acer BIOS i've researched ACER added updated CPU support as soon as it was available (within a month anyway)
     
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