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    swapping mobo of tecra r840 to tecra 940 series

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by ryanchootx, Jan 7, 2014.

  1. ryanchootx

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    Hi all
    I have a Toshiba tecra r840 which is about 2 years old now
    In the past I have done some upgrades to it such as I changed the processor to an i7 2960xm processor but I was wondering if I could swap the motherboard out to a tecra r940 one as I heard the r840 is capped at sata 2 and I really want to upgrade my laptop to an sad but it would be such a waste of it was running at sata 2 speeds so I was wondering about the implications and possibility of interchanging the motherboard, after all they are almost the same, I think.

    And also, would the i7 2960xm processor work in a different chipset cause I think all chipsets should be backward compatible if I am not mistaken just worried about the tip.

    Thanks a lot.
     
    ryanchootx, Jan 7, 2014
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