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    will new intel notebook processors work with m1330?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by sowatup, Dec 20, 2007.

  1. sowatup

    sowatup Notebook Geek

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    hi,

    I have a question. I was messing with the notebook, and i found how easy it is to change and access the processor. That makes me wonder if the new upcoming Intel processors will be compatible with m1330 or not. Right now i have T7300 Core 2 Duo.

    Thanks,
    SW
     
    sowatup, Dec 20, 2007
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  2. dicecca112

    dicecca112 Notebook Consultant

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    we don't know, but rumor is no.
     
    dicecca112, Dec 20, 2007
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  3. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Will Penryn be using Socket P or a newer one?
     
    SmoothTofu, Dec 20, 2007
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    dicecca112 Notebook Consultant

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    Socket p as far as I know, but its the motherboards that are incompatible
     
    dicecca112, Dec 20, 2007
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  5. duffyanneal

    duffyanneal Notebook Deity

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    From what I've read Penryn should be a drop in replacement for Merom. The FSB will remain at 800 MHz with DDR2 RAM. Later in the year a new chipset will be released that will bump the FSB up to 1066 MHz with DDR3 RAM. I expect a BIOS upgrade may be necessary for Penryn to work correctly in socket P machines.
     
    duffyanneal, Dec 20, 2007
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    If Dell doesn't provide any BIOS updates, you are stuck!
     
    sinstoic, Dec 20, 2007
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    Yeah, but Dell is going to put Penryns in most if not all their current machines since they are all fairly new designs. So you can count on BIOS updates. Now if it takes more than a BIOS update then we may be in for a rough ride.
     
    duffyanneal, Dec 20, 2007
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