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    Pavillon DV8320ca - CPU swap/upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by daedal, Oct 25, 2007.

  1. daedal

    daedal Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys, I've been meaning to give some more breathing room to my DV8320ca laptop. I've ordered 2gig of RAM and am now looking at CPU prices.

    My model has the Core Duo T2050, but I'm not too sure what socket it is, and what upgrades are possible.

    Would appreciate any advice you can give me. Thanks!
     
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yeah any Skt M processor should work with your system. Do note that the current generation Core 2 Duo's(based on Santa Rosa) wont work even though they have the same pin count and as mujtaba mentioned a BIOS update might be necessary since the original BIOS for the dv8000t series didnt support the C2D's but it was added later on in one of the BIOS updates.
     
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    daedal Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I'm looking for a Socket M, Core 2 Duo that's not sporting the Santa Rosa core, correct?
     
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    Well, I would look out for words Socket M or check the bus speed(on some models)rather than looking for Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa refers to the whole platform rather than the cpu core. The core is still a Merom similar to the older Core 2 Duo's except they have a different pin configuration and some models support 800MHz FSB.

    If it says socket P then it wont work with your system. This wikipedia list should help you out. Socket M processors should be compatible while Socket P wont...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...s#.22Merom.22_.28standard-voltage.2C_65_nm.29
     
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    opdate to Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T7200, 2000 MHz (12 x 167) from Mobile DualCore Intel Core Duo T2050, 1600 MHz (12 x 133)
    Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv8324
    DMI BIOS Version F.23
    Testet
    OK
     
    car, Oct 26, 2007
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