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    Replace my 90nm Turion with a 65nm part...

    Discussion in 'HP' started by dv9565_AMD, Nov 11, 2008.

  1. dv9565_AMD

    dv9565_AMD Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi

    I have had my dv9565 for about a year, I have the 90nm TL60 on a Quanta 30DA motherboard, NForce 520 with BIOS F.06

    I have tried several different BIOS's and I think this (although fairly early) is the best I have tried, some of the later BIOS's seemed to make temperatures worse and had the fan on at random times when the laptop isnt even hot!

    My question is, could I upgrade the CPU to a 65nm, I'm looking at TL-60 - TL-68, just for the energy saving (31w on TL-60) and maybe a faster clock on TL-68 without upgrading the BIOS?

    Also, do you think there is really going to be any real world benfit for me upgrading to the 65nm TL60? Will I really see a difference with a TL-68 performance wise?

    Cheers!
     
    dv9565_AMD, Nov 11, 2008
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  2. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    The highest cpu they listed in the service manual is the tl-64 but I think that you can definetely go higher and use a tl-68.
     
    Ayle, Nov 11, 2008
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  3. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    The core revision is what matters, not the clock speed. Looking at the list of Tyler core Turion X2 CPUs, the TL68 is a new revision (DM suffix in the part number) released last December/January. I'd want a BIOS revision that's at least that new before attempting a swap and by rights I'd want the latest one. If the BIOS doesn't recognize the core revision the notebook it won't boot.

    An even better reason to swap in the latest BIOS: if your BIOS isn't keeping the fan running 24x7 you'll eventually cook the defective NVIDIA chipset and have a dead machine. Which HP will fix for free:

    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&docname=c01087277

    ...slowly. Use the latest BIOS.
     
    brianstretch, Nov 11, 2008
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