Upgrading an Acer Aspire 3690 CPU / Processor!

Ok, i have doing research all day, so here it goes!

I have a Acer Aspire 3690. It has a Intel Celeron 420 M @ 1.60 Ghz with 512 RAM (Recently updated to 2 GB)

Now I am pretty sure this is compatible with mine: ( Here)
(NewEgg seems to be having problems with the website, just fyi, unless it is my computer)

It is a Intel Core Duo T2300 @ 1.66 Ghz. Now I have been wanting to know if the SOCKET is correct. Now according to NewEgg, it says it is a Socket M. Now according to utilities I have been running it says mine is a Socket 479.

So I looked that up and it turns out is it is basically a 478 (478 Pins) but they just said 479 for differentiating. And I have heard that Socket M and 479 are NOT the same and i have heard that they are, because sites such as NewEgg dont have Socket 479 processors cause they are actually Socket 478 Processors.

So anyways, i wanted to look up the package type to help me identify. My Package is a Micro-FCPGA. Now the one I want to get is a Micro-FCPGA as well. Now NewEgg doesn't tell you this.

So i found this place: ( Here)
They called there Socket a: Socket 479 Pin.
Then i scroll down and it says: The Intel Core Duo Processors are available in 478-pin Micro-FCPGA and 479-ball Micro-FCBGA packages. This is 478-pin Micro-FCPGA package. Model: BX80539T2300.

So now I know that 478 Pin = MicroFCPGA (Mine) and 479-ball Micro FCBGA isn't mine. It also gives me the model number for the one i need. (Micro-FCPGA). I don't want to order from this site as NewEgg is a little cheaper and more "trusted" i guess you could say. So i figure I compare the Model Number of this product with NewEgg.

Turns out it MATCHES!! WOOT!.

BUT... Here is my chipset Series: Mobile Intel® 945GM/PM/GMS and 940/943GML Express Chipset Family ( Here)

Now I ASSUME since in my device manager it says under System Devices: Mobile Intel 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and Intel 945GT Express Processor to DRAM Controller - 27A0
and under Display Adapters (don't know if it matters): Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset Memory

Now I assume that my chipset "Supports" Intel 945GM, 945PM, 945GMS, 940GML, and Intel 945GT. so according to Here, the diagram for 940GML is an Intel Celeron Mobile Processor, which is what i currently have now. Now most of the other Chipsets (945GM, 945PM, 945GMS, 945GT) show a Intel Core Duo processor in their diagrams (i think one or two show a Solo processor). The Intel Core Duo is the one I want to get.

So my question is, does it seem like my Computer will support it? Acer's Support site isn't that great so that didn't help me much.

Maybe you can recommend me NOT to get the processor (maybe a Celeron M is better than an Intel Core Duo for all i know, but IMO i doubt it as it has two cores), but you never know!

If you guys need more information to be able to give me any suggestions (lol), just ask! I'll do my best to find it for ya!

Thanks for anybody that helps or has suggestions!

Sincerely,
linkinpark9812

 

Wow... that's a lot of information!


If you're reasonably convinced your chipset is Intel 945 then the Core Duo should be fine. If it's 943 we've managed to prove that they can take Core Solos for sure, and some can take Core Duos but not all.


Socket M and socket 479 are not the same. Socket 479 is what the Pentium-M generation uses, so Pentium-Ms and Celeron-M 300 series. I think the Celeron-M 400 series (yours) should use Socket M which is the Core Duo and first rev. Core 2 Duo socket.

Socket 478 has 478 pins.
Socket 479 has 478 pins in a different layout from socket 478.
Socket M has 479 pins.


Hope this helps!

 

Download CPUz and check what your Chipset is. Then come back and post it here.

 

Ok, according to CPUz, for Package it says: Socket 479 mPGA (Which means 479 pins which should mean a M Socket Type)

And for Chipset, it says: i943/940GML

on another forums, someone gave me a link to an acer specifications page.

If you scroll down, it just says 940GML, so i assume this means only Celeron
But y then do all these other programs report stuff like i943/940GML and some report the thing device manager reports?

Hope this helps with the information you guys wanted!

 

A celeron 400-series it is. I'm looking into the possibility of upgrading to a Pentium Dual Core (some 943 chipsets can, and the 940 might be able to do it as well)

 

So are you saying it could work for mine? Maybe it would be better to go from 420 to a 520, it is the same speed but with the 64-bit support, but i dont think that would help me as i have a 32-bit OS.

So maybe i should go with a 440 as it is a 1.86 Ghz, but idk how much of a difference that would make.

 

Can't find any 940GML using Pentium dual core, Only 943 and 945. The only ones with even a possibility of working are CPU's with a 533MHz FSB.

 

ok, thanks again, i think i am just not gonna get a new processor, it actaully runs great now, but o well

I guess i will just update my Hitachi 80GB internal HDD to a Western Digital 160GB

Thanks for all the help!

 

For better battery and less heat ooutput a Core Solo might work, but yeah seems rather weird there, I'd leave it.