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    Yonah to Merom upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bartofslaves, Mar 23, 2006.

  1. bartofslaves

    bartofslaves Newbie

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    Hello!
    Is it possible to upgrade from Centrino Duo (propably 2x1.66) Yonah to any of Meroms? And if so, will it gain full 64-bit architecture?
    I have a great problem deciding to buy duo or wait for merom.
     
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  2. Arla

    Arla Notebook Deity

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    My (limited) understanding,

    The socket will be the same, so assuming the manufacturer hasn't done anything wierd (like soldered the chip to the motherboard, does anyone even do that anymore?) then yes, physically you should be able to put a Merom in.

    However my understanding is it would require a BIOS update to enable it properly (and for at least most of the standard manufacturers it's unlikely that they will come out with these at least IMHO).
     
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  3. bartofslaves

    bartofslaves Newbie

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    I think it depends on the chipset itself. i915 vs i945... but I still have the hope.. ANYONE?
     
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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    I am not so sure that the i945 which is used with the duo (yonah) will even support higher FSBs. Anyone heard anything about that?


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    qwester, Mar 23, 2006
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