Dell Inspiron 1520 processor upgrade (T7250)

Hello, I am looking to upgrade the processor that I have in my laptop. It is a T7250 processor, but when I wiki'd it it shows that there are two specs for the processor itself. The specs are SLA49(M0) and SLA3T(M0), and on the graph on wikipedia SLA49(M0) seems to have a SocketP socket and the SLA3T(M0) seems to have a FCBGA6 socket.

My first question is, is there any possible way to figure out which socket the T7250 on my motherboard is using? My second question is if it is possible for me to upgrade to Core 2 Extreme X9000, and if my current bios will allow for this?

 

You have SLA49, the Socket P variant. SLA3T, the FCBGA variant, is made to be soldered to a mainboard, usually in embedded devices. The (M0) part of the name indicates the stepping.

If your BIOS supports it, you should be able to upgrade to the X9000; I don't know how the stock 1520 cooling solution will handle the extra heat, though.

 

You can upgrade the processor to whatever socket P processor you like.
Just install I8KFANGUI, and set the fans to come on at a lower temperature, so you do not overheat your system.

K-TRON

 

I had just got done talking to dell to see what the best processor upgrade I could possibly install into my computer and the only processor that (They say, which I have had shotty service with dell all of the time so I wouldn't take their word over anyones) is the T7500. I specifically asked them if my bios were compatible with the X9000 and they flat out told me no. Are they bull****ting me, will I have to find new bios that support the X9000 chip, or is it just purely plug-n-play?

 

Hopefully you are still monitoring this as I would love to know if you proceeded with the upgrade and, if so, how it went? I just purchased a HP with a T7250 and discrete graphics for a great price, installed 4gb or HyperX, and a 7200.2, 200gb Seagate momentus HDD. Finally, I have picked up a X9000 from someone I know well (I build high end refrigerated water cooled desktops as a hobby and purchase from him at times) for $365. Like you my concerns are heat and a bios that will even recognize the cpu. I am checking on cooling solutions now by trying to find out what some of the smaller, laptop modifiers use (the guys who really push the envelope and somehow keep the things running for more then 10 mins) and I am likely just going to install the X9000, try ny updated bios, and if that does not work, try a number of different bios's found in similar laptops. Please keep posting your progress as it would be very helpful. Also, the guy from Dell is absolutly incorrect, at least according to what I have read (unless your laptop is unique in some way); what he has told you goes against everything I have read to date. Also you should check the highest T7000, T8000 or T9000 series CPU that your notebook can be configured with, which will give you a very good idea of BIOS capabilities. Please keep posting!! I need help. THanks.

By the way please do not let me influence you into going ahead and doing anything that you don't think will work. I just happened to get such a good deal on this HP, as they are dumping the T7000 series on the market now as "refurbished" because they switched to the new CPUs almost overnight. Sony did the same thing, in what had to have been a killer deal with Intel. Other makers are still selling notebooks with T7000 series cpus. As a quick example a month ago a Sony with 8600m GT dedicated graphics, 15.4", finerprint reader, T7700, 2gb ram (basically a loaded business machine with would work great at home) would sell for aaround $2,000.00, more on SonyStyle. I purchased on for my wife this week "refurbished" for $849 as she needed a new work laptop. It did not have a scratch on it and all disks, papers etc were still sealed in the factory bag. "Refurbished" has always been used very loosly by manufacturers, to include machines returned and never opened etc., and all I know is that when Sony and a few of the others switched practically overnight to the new CPUs (which are not radically different than the current T7000 series (Intel has become a whore) they never held sales on any T7000 machines but within a week the internet was flooded with them. Long story short, this I think is why I was able to get the laptop I am going to experiment on cheaply so I really do not care too much if I mess it up. I am going into this as a learning experience as I have been around computers since the first PC came out and learned to program in the 70's but I have never taken apart a laptop other than to change memory/hard drive. Ozzie

 

Like OZ said. Generally speaking if the CPU you are wanting to upgrade to, is offered from the company in their configuration page. You "should" be good to go.

The X9000 might work, but I would be pretty worried about temps. Most say there is not that huge of a difference. But also, alot say there is not much of a performance difference between the T9300 and the X9000. T9300 is a awesome cpu, runs cool, blazing fast. And I am pretty dang sure you can upgrade to that no problem.

Isn't the selling point of the x9000 is that you can OC it? Which you could not in your system anyways.