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    Upgrading to 64 bit Merom?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by parallax7d, Apr 27, 2006.

  1. parallax7d

    parallax7d Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you slop in a Merom into your current core duo notebook, would you then be able to run 64 bit windows? Would you have to change your RAM or BIOS?
     
    parallax7d, Apr 27, 2006
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  2. ejl

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    someone has recently done without a bios update. don't have a link though. you don't have to change ram.
     
    ejl, Apr 27, 2006
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    You dont have to change the RAM, but you might need to change the BIOS. No one is sure yet
     
    nickspohn, Apr 27, 2006
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  4. lazybum131

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    Here's the thread on it. Dropped in a Merom into a Fujitsu Lifebook with comparisons between merom and yonah.
     
    lazybum131, Apr 27, 2006
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    They are completely backward compatible. No need for bios upgrade.
     
    jfinnican, Apr 27, 2006
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    so i can get a dual core now..and upgrade to a 64bit merom?
     
    NOSintake, Apr 27, 2006
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  7. ejl

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    apparently...but it will void your warranty.
     
    ejl, Apr 27, 2006
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    meh, thats not a big deal to me. any kind of upgrade will void it
     
    NOSintake, Apr 27, 2006
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    that's good to know
     
    barnardeep, Apr 27, 2006
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  10. parallax7d

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    Will upgrading your memory or hard drive void it?
     
    parallax7d, Apr 27, 2006
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    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    hard drive and memory wont void it. So does the same bios for core duo work with the core project merom?
     
    ccbr01, Apr 27, 2006
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    The Merom hasn't been released yet, so it's impossible to say for sure if a bios upgrade would be necessary. However, if my desktop Intel motherboard needed a bios upgrade in order to use a faster Intel processor, I would expect a bios upgrade would be necessary in order for a laptop to use a completely different and new processor.
     
    kegobeer, Apr 28, 2006
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  13. ccbr01

    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    Yes, and that is when dell does not make one, so that you buy another computer to have merom technology. It is just like the 7800gtx and the i9300.
     
    ccbr01, Apr 28, 2006
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    By the time the bugs are out of the Merom and the prices have fallen, it will be time for another computer anyway!
     
    gosman, Apr 29, 2006
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