HP DV5000Z Processor Upgrade

I have a dv5000z with a Sempron 3000+. I recently got a mobile Athlon 64 3400+ DTR chip. It will be a bit faster, especially with the extra cache, and I do a good bit of long compiling and h264 encoding, so any extra speed would be nice.

However, the sempron I have is rated for 62 watts max, like most of the other mobile A64s. However, the A64 I have and wish to put in is the DTR model, which is rated for 81.5 watts.

I was wondering, has anyone swapped one of these into these laptops? Is the powersupply strong enough for the extra wattage being used, and more importantly will it be able to cool that much heat, especially if its being run at 100% for long periods of time (24+ hours)?

 

If the rating is higher do not use the chip. The wattage rating is more of a measure of how much heat you will have to deal with, and a rating that much higher may (1) actually draw too much power than the mobo/PSU was designed for as you said or (2) heat up to the point the laptop could not handle it.

 

AFAIK the dv5000z shipped with the low voltage mobile Semprons which had a TDP rating of 25W. The 62W Semprons were only used in DTR systems like the previous generation zv6000. If you want to upgrade from the Sempron, the best option would be the Turion ML or MT series. The ML/MT-40 should offer equivalent performance to the A64 3400+ and still be within the thermal envelope of the cooling system.

 

Yeah, I thought it was the lower power one, however cpu-z shows it as the Albany core, which were the 62 watt cores.

I guess I won't even bother swapping the DTR in, I'll look for a newark core instead, those are listed as 62 watts as well.

 

Hmm..I doubt that it would be the Albany core. Generally manufacturers dont use cpus with high TDP variations on a single series. They would have had to design a different cooling system just for the 62W Semprons when the Turions had a TDP of ~35W.

What is the maximum voltage reported by CPU-Z?? Also what is the revision of the core?? Is it E6 or D0? It should be either Roma or Sonoma core LV processors IMO. Try another utility to see what it reports.

One more thing to note considering that HP never offered the series with the A64, the BIOS might not support them.

 

You want a Turion 64 CPU, Socket 754, either a Turion MT (expensive, 25W) or Turion ML (35W). The Athlon 64 you purchased could be used in the older zv5000z series or in a desktop. Your notebook's 65W power brick would object to an 81W CPU long before its cooling system would.

I replaced the Sempron 2800+ in my Compaq V2000z, same generation as your dv5000z but with a 14" screen, with a Turion ML37. It's a bit tedious to do the swap but not overly difficult. The service guide documents the process.

 

Miner, here is a screenshot of my "Albany" Sempron. I would assume that this is really a Roma being misread by CPU-Z?

 

I think so...Try a couple of other programs like RM Clock, CBiD, Everest to double check.

 

List of AMD Semprons

Roma's are just low-voltage Albany's so CPU-Z probably can't distinguish between them. Same core revision and everything.