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    Asus X401a upgrade to ultrabook status

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jrs3000, Aug 10, 2012.

  1. AtariBaby

    AtariBaby Newbie

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    I should have reported back. I successfully added SSD and upgrade RAM. yes it's a POS but I got it for next to nothing ages ago now, and thanks to you guys' help it's a fine ubuntu media server now. :)
     
    AtariBaby, May 25, 2014
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    I have the same problem. My mainboard has HM70 chipset. I was installed I3 and my bios stiil see procesor pentium b970. Why? My bios is 212.
    How you think? If I change chipset on mainboard from HM70 to HM76 maybe working?
    HM70 has number SJTNV
    HM76 has number SLJBE
    If you buy motheboard check chipset number

    60-N30MB1103-A4 i think this is HM70 mainboard number but I not sure
    60-N30MB11003-B01 i think this is HM76 mainboard number but I not sure
     
    sraku, Dec 16, 2014
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    As I know, this laptop has only 1 dimm slot for RAM, anyone tried 1x8GB?
     
    adex1234, Dec 23, 2014
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  4. sraku

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    Yes only one slot. I changed for 4 to 8Gb. PC3-12800S 1600MHZ.and everything works
    Mainboard see 16GB Ram
     
    sraku, Dec 24, 2014
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  5. interligator

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    You probably could upgrade Celeron b820 to Pentium 2030m, which is the fastest on hm70 (faster than even b980) has slightly faster gpu (HD2500 vs HD2000) and virtualization support (b980 sucks at virtualization). That should be it for now. I bet 30 min. timeout on i3 is not solvable.
     
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    interligator, Apr 23, 2015
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  6. asfizzus

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    Has there been any updates with this?
     
    asfizzus, May 10, 2015
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    Yes, my update is I changed X301A MB to a FCPGA988 and chipset HM76 and now my i5 3360m is running normally.
    No weird shutdown after 30 minutes. You can find MB on aliexpress around 90$, without tax and transports.
    Be careful because there are MBs with i3 BGA chips.
    Anyone tried to reflow the chipset from a HM70 to HM76? I'm sure 99% that is working!
     
    0verspeed, May 22, 2015
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  8. interligator

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    Installed Pentium 2020m, 1x8-1600 Gb RAM, Intel 7260 Wifi/Bluetooth adapter, works fine. It's almost an absolute maximum what you can get from that piece of **** hardware, and you still have to deal with its fake audio combo that doesn't support recording and playing in the same time.
     
    interligator, May 28, 2015
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    maybe a stupid suggestion, what if i replace the bios chip with one of a hp76 chipset? Would that work? I see tons of sellers on ebay selling bios but i was wondering if I could replace it with one of another chipset...
     
    poeli, Nov 12, 2015
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