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    Upgrading my Toshiba L305-S5931 processor

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by nakeno, Jan 19, 2010.

  1. nakeno

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    Hello!
    I want to upgrade my notebook processor. It is a Intel Dual Core 3400 and I want to change it for a Intel Core 2 Duo T7250. Is it possible?

    I got information from CPU-Z:

    Processors Information
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    Processor 1 ID = 0
    Number of cores 2 (max 2)
    Number of threads 2 (max 2)
    Name Intel Pentium
    Codename Merom
    Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T3400 @ 2.16GHz
    Package (platform ID) Socket P (478) (0x7)
    CPUID 6.F.D
    Extended CPUID 6.F
    Core Stepping M0
    Technology 65 nm
    Core Speed 2161.5 MHz
    Multiplier x FSB 13.0 x 166.3 MHz
    Rated Bus speed 665.1 MHz
    Stock frequency 2166 MHz
    Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
    L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
    L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
    L2 cache 1024 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
    FID/VID Control yes
    FID range 6.0x - 13.0x
    Max VID 1.250 V

    Chipset
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    Northbridge Intel GL40 rev. 07
    Southbridge Intel 82801IM (ICH9-M) rev. 03
    Memory Type DDR2
    Memory Size 3072 MBytes
    Channels Dual, (Symmetric)
    Memory Frequency 332.5 MHz (1:2)
    CAS# latency (CL) 5.0
    RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 5
    RAS# Precharge (tRP) 5
    Cycle Time (tRAS) 15
    MCHBAR I/O Base address 0x0FED10000
    MCHBAR I/O Size 4096

    Monitoring
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    Mainboard Model Portable PC (0x000003EC - 0x103CB030)

    Other options apart T7250?

    thanks!
     
    nakeno, Jan 19, 2010
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  2. crayonyes

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    yes it's possible :)

    a T8100 / T8300 / T9300 will be better than T7250
     
    crayonyes, Jan 19, 2010
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    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Chipset GL40 - are you sure it's possible?
     
    moon angel, Jan 20, 2010
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Toshibas seem to be pretty forgiving when it comes to cpu upgrades (as far as the bios is concerned anyways). Good luck!
     
    TabbedOut, Jan 20, 2010
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    Any 800MHz FSB Socket P processor will work but personally , i would get T9300... best price for performance and it should run cool and way faster than ur old processor.
     
    sean473, Jan 20, 2010
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    I have the same chipset (GL40) in my Satellite L355, and I had heard that an 800 FSB chip "will work" too. I put in a T6400 (replacing a Celeron 585), and while the BIOS recognized it and booted to the desktop, I could never get it to run stable without BSODing under anything CPU-intensive (in my case, video editing). I send the processor back and put in a T3400 instead (667 FSB instead of 800) and it's working perfectly.
     
    Syberia, Jan 21, 2010
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  8. crayonyes

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    All I can say is T6400 is a lot newer than the chipset..
    to play safe go with T7xxx/T8xxx/T9xxx which are proven to compatible in 965 chipset..
    since GL40 is placed between 965 and 45 chipset

    and not to mention there are factors like defective cpu
     
    crayonyes, Jan 21, 2010
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