Dell XPS M1530 Processor Check

Can my dell xps m1530 use the Core 2 Extreme Processor QX9300 2.53GHz, 1067MHZ, 12M L2 Cache Dual Core Processor?? Right now im using the X7900.

 

im not 100% sure but i think that the max that the xps line supports is the X9000

at leat that's what the xps m1730 supports since it is a 'old' motherboard

 

okay well i have one of these processors so thats why i asked. i want to use it but i guess ill list it on ebay

 

which one do u have?

 

i have the QX9300. i wanted to use it in my dell xps m1530 but i guess ill try and sell it. there going on ebay for $600. ill fire sale mine for $500 i guess. last time i fire saled a processor my X9000 sold in 10 mins for $325

 

Nope, best possible is the x9000.

 

dame it. how come? why wont it work?

 

thats because the xps line uses the 'santa-rosa' motherboard instead on the new 'montevina' motherboard which supports quad processors

 

okay so ill sell my qx9300 and get the x9100 for now.

 

wow i didnt know u could put a x7900 in a m1530

 

the X9100 won't work. The X9000 is the top of the line for the M1530. Like the QX9300, the X9100 is Montevina and won't work.

 

is it a different pin size or what? i know its a socket p. my motherboard probaly just wont see it right? but yes the x7900 works fine and ill just get a x9000 for now and sell this qx9300. looks like the 16g of ddr3 memory i have wont work either. i have ddr2 in my 1530

 

yea it won't work. montevina is not santa rosa and vice versa. different compatibility.

 

so different pin size or? i know its socket p

 

Nope, different fsb.
Santa rosa's max is 800Mhz
The cpus you're trying to run are 1066.

Personally, If I had those high spec'd cpus and all that ram to hand, I'd ditch the 1530 and try and find a cheap laptop that can support them, then swap them over.

 

yomamasfavourite summed it up nicely. The Santa Rosa platform with the PM965 chipset (as used in the M1530) can only use 667MHz or 800MHz FSB processors. The Core 2 Extreme X9000 is the highest compatible processor option, followed by the Core 2 Duo T9500, T9300, T8500, T8300, and so on. The X9100, and all mobile quad-cores, even Socket P, have 1066MHz FSB.

 

so will my dell just down clocked the fsb to 800 or will it not even work at all?

 

I just think it will fail to boot.
There's no support in the bios for any processors not supported by Santa Rosa chipset.

There was a thread on here somewhere about running newer processors.
According to it, Intel had added support but it'd only work if the laptop manufacturers also added support.

I'll have a look and see if I can find it.

Edit: This is it http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=306877&page=2

 

man i just wish i could use this quad core processor in my laptop. maybe i should just put it in and see what happens. i should just sell my xps 1530 and get something that supports ddr3 and quad core processor.

 

y i just tried it and it dont work. i get the dell post code leds and there the ones that say there isnt a processor installed. now im mad because im gonna have to sell my 1530 and get something that will support it.