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    merom vs santa rosa question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by gaming_zedman, Mar 10, 2008.

  1. gaming_zedman

    gaming_zedman Notebook Evangelist

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    lets just say i had in my possession a t7x00 (x being an odd number between 3 and 7) and i wanted to upgrade the cpu in the laptop in my sig from a t7200 to a t7x00.
    i know it is the same pin count, im just wondering if it will work with a bios upgrade or if it is totally not possible.
     
    gaming_zedman, Mar 10, 2008
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  2. moon angel

    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    It's not the same socket. A T7200 is Socket-M and a T7300/T7500/T7700 is Socket-P.
     
    moon angel, Mar 10, 2008
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  3. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    T7300, T7500, T7700 are Socket P(santa rosa platform)

    T7200, T7400, etc are Socket M(older napa platform).

    Socket P and M are NOT compatible(they have the same number of pins but are not pin-compatible-different placement of pins).

    Sneaky penguin ;)
     
    Kdawgca, Mar 10, 2008
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  4. Awesome laptops

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    sorry dude bad luck if you want to upgrade CPU now you will have to buy new laptop
     
    Awesome laptops, Mar 10, 2008
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  5. gaming_zedman

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    its okay i was just wondering because a friend of mine dropped his almost new lappy and was selling it for parts and stuff, it has a t7500 in it and he was gonna give me a sweet deal on it, but since its not possible...

    thanks for all the help guys. take it easy
     
    gaming_zedman, Mar 10, 2008
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