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    Satellite L44D-S5976 cpu upgrade

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by mc00, Feb 27, 2010.

  1. mc00

    mc00 Notebook Guru

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    hey everyone...

    A friend of mine bought this laptop with sempron SI-42 at walmart for 400 bucks and
    cpu die on it so I'm in ebay looking for a replacement for him, I was wondering
    I found AMD Turion 64 X2 RM-72 TMRM72DAM22GG has same code name and similar spec as sempron SI-42 , do you think this laptop can handle the dual core?
     
    mc00, Feb 27, 2010
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    mc00 Notebook Guru

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    Well I bought the CPU TMRM72DAM22GG for 45 bucks in ebay and run flawless on this laptop... so if anyone owns Toshiba Satellite L455D it does support dual core and they sell this laptops at wal-mart for 400 bucks with a low end cpu, windows 7 when from 3.3 to 4 hehe with this upgrade and some small part changes too...
    just be safe side make sure match it with Code Name "Griffin" and similar spec just in case bios doesn't have support for different kind of dual cores...
     
    mc00, Mar 5, 2010
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  3. cheetahcat79

    cheetahcat79 Newbie

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    I just bought this notebook myself about a week ago. Your post is the only thing I've found online so far regarding upgrading the processor. (Other than a post on Toshiba's website where a staff member claims it isn't possible.)

    Just a couple questions:

    Does the bios/OS recognize the new proc as a Turion?
    What exactly do you have to remove to access the motherboard?
    How is the proc attached to the motherboard?
     
    cheetahcat79, Mar 17, 2010
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    deadendeavor Newbie

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    I've bought two Turion RM-72 CPUs to make this upgrade (I have the same laptop). I found a tutorial here and followed each step word for word. Had no problem taking apart the laptop, installing the CPU or anything, but this upgrade did Not work for me. The first time I put it in, it actually did work somewhat for a few days but my computer would crash frequently. I downloaded speedfan and saw that my CPU temperature was waaayy too high. I bought a cooling pad off amazon but by the time it arrived, my laptop wouldn't even post with the new CPU. The Sempron still worked flawlessly.
    I figured maybe the heat fried the CPU, so about a month ago I bought another off ebay. After putting in the new CPU, sadly the laptop still would not boot. So this upgrade cost me over $100 between the two Turions and the cooling pad, and I basically just bought a lesson. I learned not to tamper with things I don't know enough about based on one tutorial on the internet.
     
    deadendeavor, Mar 13, 2011
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