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    HP G72-259wm -- CPU upgrade?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Sudos, May 19, 2014.

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    Sudos Notebook Enthusiast

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    Picked up a G72-259wm at a yard sale for $7 with no hard drive-- I don't even want to know why only 7 bucks.

    that said, I wanted to upgrade the CPU in this sucker. I tried a T9400 from my collection known-working, and, to my surprise, it didn't work.
    the chipset is a GM45, so I assumed that a 1066MHz FSB CPU was okay to try... I guess not.

    Anyone know if the board in these (which I'm assuming is also in quite a few other models) supports 1066MHz FSB CPUs? if anything I'd love to not put this T9400 in and instead put in a P8700 I have. if not, I'm gonna have to use the T8300, and that's not cool.
     
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    Check HP's site for the service manual. It will detail all the compatible CPUs (or at least the ones used in the configurable models).

    I thought that model used i5s and i7s?
     
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    this is the 259wm which uses the same motherboard as quite a few other C2D-era models of its kind. some G72's have newer Arrandale chips, but this one was sold through WalMart and is spec'd as such, having come with a T4300. Currently I have a T8100 installed which I'm most likely going to be dropping for a different chip; I've confirmed the T9400 isn't faulty as it works in an HDX16 (or what's left of one) that I recently picked up this week. so i guess 1066MHz FSB chips are out of the question.
     
    Sudos, Jul 10, 2014
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