eMachines eMD620-5777 (basically a Acer 4420)

I recently bought a eMachines eMD620 from best buy for $299. I also have an Acer 4420-5239 with an onboard ATI x1250 which I got on clearance at Office Depot. The eMachines laptop looks almost exactly like the Acer 4420 except it uses a new low-power AMD processor called the 2650e (which I can't find much information on) and has the onboard ATI x1250.

My first question is: Does the emachines eMD620 use the same socket S1 motherboard as the acer 4420-5239? I put more ram in the eMachines laptop and looks like it is the same motherboard that uses the AMD S1 socket as the Acer 4420, except the heatsink is different.

Second question: Has anyone upgraded the processor on the eMachines eMD620 or taken it appart? I am going to upgrade the AMD TK-57 that came in the Acer 4420 with a TL-66 or a TL-64 because they are dirt cheap on ebay these days. I then want to put the AMD TK-57 in the EMachines eMD620.

Third question: The press release I see for the AMD 2650e shows that another low-power dual core processor called the 3250e is also available, but I can't find anyone selling it anywhere. Does anyone have one or know a place to get one? Are they both socket S1?

Last Question: Has anyone installed an internal Blu-Ray or HD-DVD drive in the Acer 4420? Are the AMD processor and ATI video card enough to handle playback? The HD-DVD laptop drives are also pretty cheap on ebay and I was hoping to experiment a little. I have heard conflicting statements about system requirements depending on the playback software used.

 

Nobody messed around with this model yet? Emachines won't respond to emails.

 

I'm not familiar with eMachines but:

First question: To check the chipset/socket just download and run CPU-Z. You can do the same thing with the 4420-5239 and compare. If the RAM is compatible this doesn't mean the chipset/cpu socket is the same(I think)

 

I will do that. The thing that is really throwing me off is the Ultra-Value Client (UVC) AMD Athlon X2 2650e processor. Information is really scarce on this processor. But what I have read & seen is that it uses the AMD 740G chipset, but uses the ATI x1250 video and some other components from the 690G. I haven't seen any boards for this product yet online, so I can't make a sure conclusion.

The acer 4420 uses the AMD M690G chipset for sure and is a socket S1.

 

looks like the emachines laptop uses the AMD RS690MC chipset and is most likely a socket S1.

Any ideas on my other questions?

 

I think X2 3250e is not released yet?

No idea about the blu-ray IMO your best shot here is to e-mail ACER.

 

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