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    Does the ZV6000 series laptop support dual core cpu?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by awdrifter, Mar 9, 2008.

  1. awdrifter

    awdrifter Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a HP ZV6000 laptop with an Athlon64 3200 (s939) cpu. I'm want to upgrade to a dual core cpu (Athlon X2 4600), will it work? According to CPU-Z, the chipset is RS480, I'm not sure if this chipset supports dual core or not, has anyone tried similar upgrades? Please help, thanks.

    Also, if anyone have the CG-ICS951412.zip please send me a pm.
     
    awdrifter, Mar 9, 2008
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    I have that chipset and have Turion64 X2. So looks like chipset does, but other things could limit like for example BIOS.
     
    powerpack, Mar 9, 2008
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    awdrifter, Mar 10, 2008
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    It likely won't work. There was one instance of an owner getting an Athlon64 X2 to run, but it would only recognize one core..............
     
    R4000, Mar 10, 2008
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    yeah, it will recognize only one of the cores. Better go for an Athlon 4000, there was a similar thread today in the forum.
     
    vassil_98, Mar 10, 2008
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    Damn, that sucks. Are there any modded bios out there that'll support dual core? (I'm guessing not, but just in case)
     
    awdrifter, Mar 11, 2008
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