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    FL90 penryn support

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by Ayle, Jan 12, 2008.

  1. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Hi, does anybody know if Compal has plan to make the FL90 support penryn-based cpus?
     
    Ayle, Jan 12, 2008
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    there have been many threads about this..

    the new ones will work with a bios update from them (which isn't out yet)

    they will have a new model notebook with montevina later most likely.. to support the faster FSB penryn natively has
     
    jcovelli, Jan 13, 2008
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    As I remember there was some BIOS version change that had something about 45nm Intel processor support. I wouldn't be surprised if IFL90 supports them already, but it's better to try once. Maybe someone has a chance to test it with 1.13 bios?
     
    Dirt, Jan 13, 2008
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    I can confirm that the FL90 with Bios 1.14 is running without any problems with T9300 ES CPU!

    Michael
    Notebookguru.de
     
    notebookguru_de, Jan 14, 2008
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  5. Ayle

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    1.14 heh? Where do you find it?
     
    Ayle, Jan 14, 2008
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    1.14 is already flashed on my new Fl90 Barebones.
     
    notebookguru_de, Jan 14, 2008
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  7. RePaRaQu

    RePaRaQu One name. One legend.

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    So it looks like you have one running then, with the new CPU.
    Pics please, and show me the news.
     
    RePaRaQu, Jan 14, 2008
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    Where did you get 1.14 BIOS?
     
    delta90h, Jan 15, 2008
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    okay, 1.14 was installed on the fl90. The barebones are from a new Delivery from compal.
    First tests confirm that penry T9300 is 5 to 25% faster than the T7700 CPU :D :D :D

    Michael
     
    notebookguru_de, Jan 15, 2008
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  10. Ayle

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    Can you dump the bios and upload it somewhere for us? Or is it illegal?
     
    Ayle, Jan 15, 2008
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  11. RePaRaQu

    RePaRaQu One name. One legend.

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    Send email to Compal, just to inform people here.
    Compal is replying on every email i have send so waiting for the real answer is just a few minutes away.
    This is al for the new Intel CPU penryn and support for other issues reported here.
     
    RePaRaQu, Jan 15, 2008
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  12. Ayle

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    Thanks :cool:
     
    Ayle, Jan 16, 2008
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    delta90h Notebook Geek

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    Which kind of other issues reported here? Do you have a changelog?
     
    delta90h, Jan 16, 2008
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  14. RePaRaQu

    RePaRaQu One name. One legend.

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    Stanby some users reported issues.
    Hibernate depending on OS will, notebook will not resume correctly.
    Charge butten for battery light isn't always going on.
    BIOS update for the Nvidia 8600M GT, to solve the mem leak.
    See other posts from users and you will see more issue are present but not everybody is having the same issues.
     
    RePaRaQu, Jan 16, 2008
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