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    CPU/Chipset Compatability?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Peon, Jul 13, 2009.

  1. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Do Penryn CPUs work in with the Santa Rosa platform, given that it's Socket P? Or do they only work with Montevina?
     
    Peon, Jul 13, 2009
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    sr1650nx Notebook Consultant

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    No, Penryn CPUs will NOT work with the Santa Rosa Chipset.
     
    sr1650nx, Jul 13, 2009
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    Mastershroom wat

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    False. Penryn has nothing to do with the chipset.

    The Santa Rosa platform uses the 965 chipset, which can use CPU's of up to 800MHz FSB. This includes both Merom and Penryn processors. Merom are the old 65nm processors, and Penryn are the newer 45nm ones. For instance, my old Studio 1535 was Santa Rosa/PM965, and I had a Penryn T9500 installed.

    The only thing you cannot use in a Santa Rosa laptop is a CPU with 1066MHz FSB.
     
    Mastershroom, Jul 13, 2009
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    1st Generation of Penryn CPUs will work on Santa Rosa (T8100,T8300, T9300, T9500, X9000). They are rated at 800mhz FSB

    2nd Generation (P8400, P8600, etc) rated at 1066mhz will not work.
     
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  5. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    The second generation Penryns include T-series of 1066MHz FSB as well, like the T9400 and T9600.

    So, in short, Santa Rosa can use any 800MHz T-series processor, but not 1066MHz T-series, and no P-series.
     
    Mastershroom, Jul 13, 2009
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    of all the answers he is right!
    good luck on finding a mobile processor..
    i wish more people sold them or that intel sold them and that all the ones on fleabay werent used and ripped out of laptops

    sometimes i just think desktops are better... and then i remember that you have to be sitting on a desk the whole time and cant be on the couch watching the latest episode of scrubs... :p
     
    davidkneiber, Jul 15, 2009
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  7. newsposter

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    Intel publishes a chipset/cpu compatability matrix. No need to guess or argue.

    The system bios however has the final word on compatability. If a mfgr decides to not include or explicitly exclude support for certain chips, all the wishing in the world won't get a cpu to work in such a system.
     
    newsposter, Jul 15, 2009
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  8. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    ^And that's the real painful part; manufacturers don't really publish that sort of thing. So, the only way to really know if a CPU is compatible with a laptop's BIOS is to be the first one to try.
     
    Mastershroom, Jul 15, 2009
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  9. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thanks for the help everybody.

    Dell sells my laptop with up to the T9500 these days, so I should be fine. The problem now, is the price... A T9300 costs more than an i7 920!
     
    Peon, Jul 17, 2009
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  10. TehSuigi

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    Well, it needs to be pretty good quality silicon to be stuffed into a small notebook and cooled by one dinky fan. Remember, desktop CPUs are rated up to 70 degrees - notebook CPUs tend to be rated up to 105!
     
    TehSuigi, Jul 17, 2009
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