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    upgrade aspire 8942G to i7?ES CPU?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by patdufo, Aug 29, 2012.

  1. patdufo

    patdufo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Intel i7 820QM 1.73G 8M Socket PGA988 Mobile CPU Processr Q1TN ES | eBay bought this Intel i7 820QM 1.73G 8M Socket PGA988 Mobile CPU Processr Q1TN ES,I updated the bios to the latest and windows would hang even when installing would not go past the welcome screen,but strangely would load windows crated with my i3 but only in safe mode,2 others gave him negative feedback for this item but I am just over the 45 days as I hadnt bought the laptop to put it in till a few days ago. If any has any ideas as to if there is any thing else I can do and as to weather the chip is any good to resell to some one else?could it be just my bios not recognizing it?it shows up in the bios as genuine intel 000 1.7GHZ and shows 8 cores but only works in safe mode,a return to the i3 works 100%,also if someone could recomend a cpu under 200.00,thanks.
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Did you try to get a refund anyway?

    Might be worth a shot.

    Also if it's faulty couldn't you just make a claim with ebay/paypal to get your money back?
     
    moral hazard, Aug 30, 2012
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    patdufo Notebook Enthusiast

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    over 45 days ebay made a claim against the account but I dont think it will do any good.
     
    patdufo, Aug 30, 2012
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    patdufo Notebook Enthusiast

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    every one says 8max but I saw in the comments for a set of 16GB ram that he said it works?can any one confirm?
    aspire 8942G
     
    patdufo, Aug 30, 2012
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    HM/PM55 should support 16 GB RAM, though unofficially. My M17x R2 with PM55 chipset does 16 GB RAM, I believe you need a quad core i7 to get that much RAM.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Aug 31, 2012
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    repman244 Notebook Guru

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    Remember that the ES CPU's are Intel's property and selling them is illegal. Even if you payed for it (through eBay) it's still Intel's property.
    Processors — Information about Intel Engineering/Qualification Sample Processors

    Anyway as moral hazard said, I think it would be best to try and get a refund and just buy a normal (non ES) 820QM.
     
    repman244, Aug 31, 2012
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