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    Pleasure to be here...T2250 to T7600 switch Question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cknob101, May 18, 2010.

  1. cknob101

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    Hi all. Pleasure to be here. I hope this begins a long relationship between myself and the forum.

    I have a processor swap question. I have a Toshibs Satellite A135-S4427 notebook with a Duo Core T2250 processor running at 1.73Ghz. I would like to upgrade it to either the 2.16Ghz T7400 or the 2.33Ghz T7600. The chipset will accept the upgrade I think. Will it just be as simple as a BIOS update and processor swap or will I have to do more and get the shakes when I enter new and unfamiliar installation territory! I think the motherboard speed is 533 and both these new processors are 667. Is that a potential problem?
     
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Assuming that the chipset does support the T7400/T7600 (and Google tells me you have a 945-Series chipset, so it should), it should be as simple as just swapping the processor. No other changes needed. You may not even need the latest BIOS, but I suppose it's always safe to get it.
     
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    It does have the 945 series so...I guess I'll start looking. I've hit a performance wall probably due to the shared video memory so I have upgraded from 1G to 4G RAM but I thought as long as I'm going to keep it for another 3-4 years, I should bump up the processor as well.
     
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    a) do the sockets line up?
    b) will the chipset support it?
    c) are the voltages similar?
    d) are the tdp's close (so that the existing heatsinks will work well)?

    and the hardest to find out:

    e) does the machine bios support the chip?

    You need to find the answers to all five questions. A no to any of the five kills your upgrade project.
     
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    Yes to ab and c. D and e i dont know. I thought the answer above suggested the BIOS would be OK
     
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