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    Penryn in IFL90!

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by Wirelessman, Feb 5, 2008.

  1. Wirelessman

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    Have anyone tried the Penryn in the IFL90?
     
    Wirelessman, Feb 5, 2008
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    Someone obviously didn't see/read the sticky in big capital letters....


    If there is uncertainty regarding the 'upgrade', I wouldn't risk it until it has been confirmed that it definitely will/will not work. In regards to that, There has to be someone who tries it first..... :)
     
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  3. Wirelessman

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    I definitely did, but regardless of the cpital letters thread, my question remains; have anyone tried it?
     
    Wirelessman, Feb 5, 2008
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    From what I have read in this forums alone. Quite a few have claimed to tryed it with no complications. Still not sure if I would risk it myself.
     
    chrisgssc, Feb 5, 2008
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  5. Wirelessman

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    I have read of those who have upgraded the BIOS to 1.16 (including myself), but I haven't read regarding the Penryn, can you please re-direct me to where you read it, thanks.
     
    Wirelessman, Feb 5, 2008
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    I'll make it opposite; no one from this forum that tried it didn't confirm any complications yet. :)
    So unless there appear such people the matter of Pernyn support is default to be positive. ;)
     
    Dirt, Feb 5, 2008
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  7. Wirelessman

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    It makes sense.

    I was wishing that someone would step out and post some results.
     
    Wirelessman, Feb 5, 2008
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    if you go to the second page of the sticky that warns not to install it. Someone posted that they installed one and I asked them for benchmarks which are on the following page. Hope that helps
     
    chrisgssc, Feb 5, 2008
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  9. enricosax

    enricosax Newbie

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    Hi, i'm sorry for my english.

    For your information Compal IFL90 bios 1.16, 15.4" WSXGA+, T8300 2.40Ghz,
    4GB RAM, 200GB 7200rpm 16Mb cache Seagate, BT, WiFi intel 4965agn, INtel Turbo memory 1Gb, Vista Home Basic, works fine and stable.
     
    enricosax, Feb 6, 2008
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  10. masterbw

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    enricosax, what is your processor's Part Number?

    Thanks.
     
    masterbw, Feb 6, 2008
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  11. Mippoose

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    Oh no.. Wirelessman lives in Maryland.

    Theres goes my chances of being the only person in the state with this laptop.

    :p
     
    Mippoose, Feb 6, 2008
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  12. Wirelessman

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    I'm sorry for that, however Maryland is very big, where do you live?
     
    Wirelessman, Feb 6, 2008
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    Intel Core2Duo T8300
    Product Code BX80577T8300

    HI
     
    enricosax, Feb 6, 2008
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  15. RePaRaQu

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    yep but is it the refresh version or the old version.
     
    RePaRaQu, Feb 8, 2008
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    Are there really a "refresh" and an "old" version of the IFL90? I thought that the JFL92 was precisely the "refresh" version of the IFL90.
     
    Sikander, Feb 9, 2008
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  17. RePaRaQu

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    :yes: correct answer.
     
    RePaRaQu, Feb 9, 2008
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    At the polish website given by "fake", the notebooks with Penryn are the IFL90, so they are the "old" version and not the "refresh" version.
     
    Sikander, Feb 9, 2008
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  19. Sikander

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    Ok, RePaRaQu explained me that the new JFL92 is labelled like the FL90, suddenly all become clear :)
     
    Sikander, Feb 9, 2008
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  20. Mippoose

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    Towson Uni.. :p
     
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  21. Wirelessman

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    I thought IFL90 was the latest mobo, why to lable the JFL92 as FL90?????
     
    Wirelessman, Feb 9, 2008
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  22. Sikander

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    What do you mean by "I thought IFL90 was the latest mobo"?
     
    Sikander, Feb 9, 2008
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  23. Wirelessman

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    I thought the latest motherboard developed by Compal was the IFL90. So, I thought it would be logical to make a refresh of IFL90 to get the new JFL92, but instead they are using a refresh of FL90.
     
    Wirelessman, Feb 9, 2008
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  24. RePaRaQu

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    More people tought about this and are confused.
    Me to, but then again I have me new Compal notebook with penryn power and BIOS version 1.13 ( 1.16 is running fine).
    So just wait and see if more details about the refresh are reported.
    Pictures can be very helpfull here.
     
    RePaRaQu, Feb 10, 2008
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  25. Wirelessman

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    Good idea.
     
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  26. RePaRaQu

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    Base pictures like this are more then welcome.
     
    RePaRaQu, Feb 10, 2008
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  27. Wirelessman

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    Is a nice picture indeed, but my base has no data like this, interesting! Do I have a laptop not certified by all the required regulation organizations?
     
    Wirelessman, Feb 10, 2008
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  28. RePaRaQu

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    Make a picture and put them online to compare and check.
    With picture i mean the back of your notebook.
     
    RePaRaQu, Feb 10, 2008
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  29. Wirelessman

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    As I said before, I have nothing in the back of my laptop. Perhaps mine was made in Taiwan, but yours is made in china.
     
    Wirelessman, Feb 10, 2008
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  30. delta90h

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    This is mine.
     

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  31. Wirelessman

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    I recognize the glossy background rectangle where we have all those inscriptions, I do have that but there is nothing written there. This is very bad, this means that the shell somehow either didn't go through quality control, or there is another distributor selling cheaper stuff helping the OEM make a bigger gain. My concern here is that I didn't pay cheap, I paid $2,000 for the whole system, fully equiped, the only thing I'm missing is the TV tuner and control. I added 2 extra gigs of RAM later.

    Now I'm having problem witrh this OEM to get my KB fixed, more I think and I come to the conclusion I should have bought it with powernotebooks.com, they have good prices, good warranty and customer support.
     
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  32. Sikander

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    Don't worry, with my FL90 this sticker was not stuck under, but provided separately in the FL90 box, so it doesn't mean that it haven't passed the quality control.
     
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  33. Wirelessman

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    I didn't even got the sticker :(

    Did you try the Penryn on your FL90?
     
    Wirelessman, Feb 11, 2008
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    Not yet, but I seriously plans to buy one.
     
    Sikander, Feb 11, 2008
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  35. Rene S - Zepto

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    We've tested it in our IFL90 model (3415W) and the two we tried short circuted/burnt off in a matter of days. Apparently the temperature and voltage of the Penryns are not read right, so we do not recommend using a Penryn in the FL90/IFL90.
     
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  36. Wirelessman

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    Which BIOS version did you have?
     
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    This sounds terrible, can someone with IFL90&Pernyn send RMClock screen with default vids? (remeber to set mobile in options tab)
     
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  38. Sikander

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    On this website you can choose to equip your IFL90 (3415W) with some Penryn CPU (T8100, T8300, T9300, T9500).

    http://de.zepto.com/Shop/Config.aspx?configurationid=349&notebookid=674
     
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    What's the best tool to read out the CPU info, meaning getting the info to ID the CPU.

    I known my system is running with the Penryn CPU but i can not get the processor part number.
     
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  41. Sikander

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    Everest can provide you a lot of and detailed informations.
     
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  42. Wirelessman

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    Use CPU-Z, it will tell you everything about your CPU. mobo, memory and more.
     
    Wirelessman, Feb 11, 2008
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  43. RePaRaQu

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    Yep but it doesn't tell me what type of CPU part I am running.
    Need to find another tool to get this info.
     
    RePaRaQu, Feb 12, 2008
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  44. Sikander

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    Try Everest as I have said before ;)
     
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  45. RePaRaQu

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    Sorry but itdoesn't read out the part number for the CPU.
    I will contact my vendor for more info about the CPU part number.
     
    RePaRaQu, Feb 12, 2008
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  46. Rene S - Zepto

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    That is the SRR (Santa Rosa Refresh) version of the IFL90 we are selling the Penryns in, but we've kept th 3415W model number. We do not have the original IFL90 in stock anymore.
     
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  47. Sikander

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    Ok, it is becoming more clear. So it is possible to have a serial number from a SRR model please?
     
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    Do you know what are the modifications to the FL90 to get the refresh one?
     
    Wirelessman, Feb 12, 2008
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    As far as i know it's a completely new motherboard freshly designed with penryn support featuring new thermal meassurement that meassures the temperature correct on the Penryns. Also the board has been redesigned to accomodate the new power specs needed for the Penryn.
    There might be other modifications that i'm not aware of though.
     
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    I have used different applications and they all give me different results, for example some say I have a Conroe and other say that I have a Menrom, I'm not even sure the difference among both. But the most disturbing result comes directly from the Intel CPU identification utility application, it says that the CPU stepping is A, and I cannot even find that stepping in their own web site :confused: :confused:
     
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