Toshiba Satellite A305-S6858 CPU upgrade?

Hello,
I have a Toshiba Satellite A305-S6858 which currently has an Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0 Ghz processor with 667 FSB. I would like to upgrade the CPU to one that supports virtualization technology.
The chipset is the mobile Intel GM965 express and I see it supports up to 800Mhz FSB.
Does anyone know which processors I can upgrade to or where I can find information about it? I was thinking of upgrading to the T7800 which is a Core 2 Duo 2.6Ghz with 800 FSB.

Thanks

 

Pretty much any socket P CPU with an 800mhz FSB.

Though I would suggest a penryn instead of a merom.
T9500, T9300, T8300.

Here is a good list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_2_microprocessors

Just remember socket P and 800mhz FSB.

 

Thanks for the info. I just recently upgraded to Win7 and wanted to use the XP mode feature. I went into the BIOS and it was listed but greyed out. Found out the cpu doesn't support VT.

 

Here is a question for you, would you leave VT on even if not using it?

 

Yeah of course. Why would want to go in the BIOS and enable it when I want to use it. Doesn't hurt anything to leave enabled.

 

T9300 is ur best bet... gives best performance for price...

 

hello, I'm new here and I'm desperate for some help. I also have a Toshiba Satellite A305-S6858 and would like to know how to update it because as you know laptops are very specific. I'm looking for video card 1 GB ATI preferably as in the official page there are only toshiba drivers for this card and a good Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad. I do not even know if i can put a Core 2 Quad. Well I hope you can help and indeed the link that poster of the wiki is great.

 

At this point in time, I don't think an upgrade to the GPU is plausible, but I'm working on it. Apparently, the models of A305/A300, that already have a dedicated GPU use MXM II, although I haven't proved this yet.

And anyway, what are you trying to update/upgrade. You don't seem to make any sense. What I do understand is that you want to use a Core 2 Quad in your laptop. Is that correct?

I do not think the BIOS of the A300/A305 series supports the Core 2 Quad line.

 

Yes, I would try a core 2 quad if possible, or a core 2 duo T9300 as explained by sean473. And also would like to know if is possible change the video card, was originally a chipset family, for a 1GB ATI.

 

Graphics card as far as I know is something that can't be upgraded, but I will be working on that.

Core 2 Quad is not supported by the chipset, and not the BIOS, so therefore a Core 2 Quad is out of the question.

A T9300 may work though.

 

i don't think the GPU uprgade is possible.. T9300 is for sure... if u really want a video card upgrade , get a new laptop...

 

I think the video card upgrade may JUST be possible, but only with the models of A305 that already have a dedicated card.

 

Well, thanks for your help. If you get to know more as to optimize my computer, please let me know.

 

I have a Toshiba A305 and using a Utility shows my motherboard to be an INTEL GM45/47 and on there website that chip supports FSB 667/800 AND 1066 plus DDR3 memory

Has anyone have any more info about the chipsets
Does this suggest that I could use any socket p with fsb at 1066 also ddr3 memory is supported

 

Your laptop supports 1066MHz FSB processors so u can use any P series or T9400/9550/9600/9800/9900 procesors... For best price for performance , Get T9600.... Your laptop which most likely came with DDR2 memory and u cannot upgrade to DDR3 as the slots in ur laptop have to be for DDR3 as DDR3 has different number of pins compared to DDR2...

 

Hello. I am new here. I have an A305-S6858 Toshiba satellite Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 2.0 Ghz processor with 667 MHz. It is DDR2 SDRAM with 4/4 Gbs max. I play a game called pirate galaxy and my ram goes way up. I just got off the game and i was using 73% of it! I do not know a lot about computers but i do know that my friend on it has a 2.8 GHz processor and he doesn't have lag on his game. I was wondering if anyone could suggest how to fix this lag or how to increase my dual core 2.0 GHz processor to at least a 2.2 or 2.4 GHz processor or above. Thank you.

 

Overclock your CPU, if you don't want to spend money? Could be possible that you have the same PLL as I do (RTM875T-606). Although from some of Moral Hazards posts around here, I don't think that one is overclockable, unless you do a pin mod.

Also, unused RAM is wasted RAM. I do not think that the RAM you have is bottlenecking your machine by any huge amount. Also, what GPU does your friend have?

 

I know it was stated earlier that the A305 doesn't support the quad, but curious whether anyone has tried. The chipset is a 45, not 40, and the motherboard has dum-dum's for the 17" version (don't remember the number) which I think offered a quad-core option.

I had half a dozen of those chips just not long ago, and I confirmed that -none- of the laptops I had with chipsets ending in 0 worked with it, but I was really surprised by the support from other boards. (Even a 14.1" DV2000 I tried would probably have worked in theory.)

Also I should add that it seems the whole socket P limitation from Quad's is purely software. Even the lowly Acer 4315 ran BIOS recovery on a quad...