Adventures in cpu replacement :)

If this works in the R1, do you think I can put the i7 2677M to replace the i5 2467 in my R3.

I think +200mhz Base and +600mhz Turbo for both 1C and 2C may be worth it.

 

not a soul has tried it yet, compare how much power they consume, that way you'll at least know it wont make your m11x melt away. biggest issue that i see is the BIOS, if bios has the right code for it, it will work. if not you would have to mod your bios, but then again, it might still not work.

No one knows really...

 

Baby steps, I will be doing this r1 first, if it works then I will buy a r3 board, do the swap then ship it off to some lucky r3 owner on this forum for testing

 

I would sudgest hermitmaster, you would be able to drive it to him, saving shipping costs if he agrees

 

Im sure he would have no problem with being my test mule, and only being 45 min away would be pretty easy for me to go install it, test it, and see what kind of advances we can get.

 

I'm game. It wouldn't be the first time I've taken it apart. I would expect the 2677m to be fairly expensive though (upwards of $350).

 

meh, cant make money without spending money right?

I will cover all costs of a new board, and cpu. then use you as a test subject if thats alright.

I run a BMW fabric company right now, and my stock of fabric is coming down to the last little bit... instead of making another $20k order to replenish my stock, I am going to move on into another field. Might invest in my own hot air chip soldering machine. They are around 5k, but I think I can cover that cost after a few months of modding.

 

oh man.... id probably send you some stuff for repairs.

i can tell you how many HP mobos ive have in my oven. lol

 

Yeah thats my thought... the amount I could make just off xboxes should cover the cost of the machine after a bit.

Leaving work soon to get this cpu installed

Then I get to travel around for a bit collecting old computers and parts so I can build my nerdy coffee table.

 

Ejohnson, if this chip works and you get the hot air machine, I'll have an R1 to send you.

 

Well I went to the company. Talked to the owner, he was so cool. Gave me a hour long tour of the place, showed me ask the equipment, I'm totally going to try to get a job there. They have a ar parrot drone and real parrots too.

 

Are they going to try installing the SU9600?

 

Oh right. Yes he is going to install it. Should hear from him monday

 

this is so awesome dude!

i may be interested as well in the CPU swap.

to be honest, i dont need the extra power right now but future proofing seems to be a good idea since the EOL of the M11x line.

not t get ahead of our selves.. but i cant wait to see the OC potential and battery life after teh swap!

 

I'd be interested as well. I took my laptop apart the other day to look into SLG mod. You all are freakin nuts. Those pins are way to freakin small for me to touch. There's no way I'm going to try and cut one or solder a transistor on. Props to you guys.

 

If you don't want a swap, or it doesn't work; I think that ejohnson and others on this forum do a pinmod for a small fee.

 

totally.

ive done quite a few for forum members.

 

That's cool. I'd definitely be interested if there is no progress here. Do people just generally ship there motherboard?

 

**PM sent**

what i really want to try out is the 333Mhz pinmod on this setup.

2.66Ghz with almost identical heat load & battery life.

 

Still waiting on the phone call, but if this cpu works, then I will let you know and maybe we can pin mod mine.

 

we still waithing brother Ejhonson!

 

Yarp! CFC!

 

Please hurry up, I'm still holding my breath

 

No call yesterday

Im going to call him up later today and see what the news is.

 

Hey bro. Any news?

 

Nothing to report yet

Sofar this upgrade is turning into a bust. Going to put it on the back burner till I finish the carbon fiber body. Then I will be back at it harassing places to install this cpu.

 

I believe they could have sewn the cpu to the motherboard by now

 

Yeah, I think just with their current workload, they dont have the time for a small custom project.

They are right on the edge of releasing a few of their own products... one of them I plan on buying... its a 30tb raid storage case. Uses a esata plug to give you a nice 30tb block

Also on my plate right now is building a water cooling system for my x51.. turning it into a mini ALX.

 

Any updates on this project ??? Please let us know. God Bless

 

See post above, But I am going to call and harass the owner of the company on monday try to get him to hurry up.

But in the meantime, I have been working on modding my x51 desktop. Little teaser

 

Water cooling? Looks a little like a rad to me

 

Yeah, I will have the first watercooled alienware x51
Should be ready soon.

Consists of a 40mm X 80mm radiator, two 60mm fans ducted from the top and out the back. Using a modded aurora pump.

 

Sweet look forward to the end result

 

Whats the update on this adventure ??? Please let us know. God Bless

 

Project is on hold till november 3rd.

The company that I want to do it has a legal injunction on doing bga work, but its going to be lifted in november. I really want these guys to do the work since they are super nice, just like a mile away from me. And I got a tour of the place.

So till november, no real updates will be made.

In the mean time, I will be working on the carbon fiber shell, color changing alienhead, and the water cooling system for my x51.
Also building a rally car this summer, and having a baby in july... so very busy summer for me.

 

lol i'd love you for a neighbour, build rally car, mod the hell out of stuff. MAAAD.

was really hoping for the CPU exchange soon ;/ someone is still holding theyr breath too... that can't end well.

 

I guess this is it then. Nothing to look forward now.

 

for us to have the table differencies
Intel C2D SU7300 vs SU9600

about the voltages:
Voltage Intel C2D SU7300 vs SU9600
I tested and checked: both voltages are ok

until now I am pretty sure having the cpu vidmod and fsb to 333mhz makes stable both SU7300 [2.0Ghz] and SU9600 [2.67Ghz]

only one question remaining ! will the bios work ? [if not, it will require to update the cpuid codes]

 

From what I have found, the bios has the micro code to suport the su9600.
So, after this cpu is installed, once it is all running good I will be ordering another one to to install on another motherboard to pinmod.

 

In thoery wouldn't it just be possible to add microcodes for all cpus that would fit to the bios? as well as with the r2 and r3

 

29 more days till we can see if this will actually work

I have a spare motherboard ready and waiting.

 

MOD EDIT: No selling outside the NBR Marketplace.

 

I will be waiting and watcing this !!! God Bless

 

ejohnson did you solder su9600?

 

That was anticlimactic; just read through the whole thread expecting results once November rolled around bummer

 

Bump ... just read 10 pages of nail biting suspense! Im dying to know how this turned out. Though considering there was no post after it was to come back, Im thinking it did not work t.t

Fingers crossed,
Red XIX

 

Did you finally make it work?

 

Never actually gotten around to getting it back out to the company to have it done. Got new position at work, so more things to do there, usually finding my self staying late everyday. Then with the baby it gets hard to find time.
Hoping soon though I will get this done. I have the whole thing torn apart for the 12 inch ips screen, I should just drop it off soon.

 

I would like info on this

 

Friday.... Or monday, cpu will be done.