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    upgrade my t9400 cpu for acer 8930g

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by leons87, May 15, 2014.

  1. leons87

    leons87 Newbie

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    hello everyone!

    i have a acer 8930g with T9400 cpu i want to upgrade it with some nice quadcore i hope for a i5.

    if someone can help me.
     
    leons87, May 15, 2014
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    A Core 2 Duo/Quad laptop cannot be upgraded to an i5, is it completely different generations chipset/sockets apart. I'm not 100% sure all 8930G can be upgrade to a Core 2 Quad.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, May 15, 2014
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  3. propolkin

    propolkin Notebook Deity

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    As Tsunade_Hime said, 8930G is Core 2 laptop - such models are not compatible with Core i processors.

    You should ask help at this thread. It is exactly about 8930G. At this thread there are users, that had 8930G with C2Q processors on-board by default. But there is a myth saying, that 8930G that came with C2D processors by default cannot be upgraded with C2Q processors due to chipset limitation - I`m not sure about that.

    For example, mine 5739G has PM45 chipset, as 8930G has too. But, it is the first revision of PM45 - because of it there is no quad support for 5739G. Despite this, 7738G has PM45 chipset too, but with the last revision of it - this laptop can be upgraded with C2Q processors.

    Or this is a matter of try, or this is the matter of additional searching of information about compatibility of 8930G with C2Q.
     
    propolkin, May 15, 2014
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