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    Dothan > Yonah upgrade possible ?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by gilo, Sep 10, 2006.

  1. gilo

    gilo Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Hi ,

    Couldn't find answers even in google although I'm sure I'm not the 1st one to ask this .

    The notebook is Dell Inspiron 9300 with Dothan 1.6 ( sonoma ) , Could I just pop in a T2400 Core Duo and make it a "9400" ?

    Would the 9400 bios download from Dell work for me ?

    Anyone done it ?

    Thanks in advance ,
    Gilo
     
    gilo, Sep 10, 2006
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  2. ejl

    ejl fudge

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    no you can't. the core duo is not compatible with the chipset that the pentium m uses.
     
    ejl, Sep 10, 2006
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    definatley no srry, would be cool but the core duo cpus use a different fabrication process, no way it fit
     
    mas5acre, Sep 10, 2006
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    i think 90nm vs. 65nm and intel 915 vs 945pm chipset are what hold you back from this, i wanted to do this, then i said just buy a core duo t2050 and put in a core 2 duo t7400 lol... huge jump especially in benchmarks...
     
    hbomb174, Sep 10, 2006
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  5. gilo

    gilo Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Thanks all , I thought so . You are right its not worth the hassle ( also looked at the option of replacing the whole board ) .

    Guess I'll try to do a pin mod on that notebook .
     
    gilo, Sep 10, 2006
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    manditri Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey GILO wats a pin mod...some insight please... :)
    I am loving this whole thing about being able to change/upgrade a notebook...until recently I was of the idea that only things like RAM and HDD cud be tinkered with in a notebook...how abt the video card- can that be changed too...
     
    manditri, Sep 10, 2006
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  7. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    read stickies...most of the time you CAN'T upgrade the GPU
     
    Greg, Sep 11, 2006
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