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    FZ-21m CPU Replacement

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by neof1z, Jun 4, 2009.

  1. neof1z

    neof1z Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi.Is there any guide or tutorial with pics to show how to replace the old processor T7250 of FZ21m with this one?

    Intel Core2Duo T9500 2.6GHz 6M L2

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Core2Duo-T9500-2-6GHz-6M-L2-True-PGA-Best-Quality_W0QQitemZ140324487397QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item20abfdc0e5&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A1|39%3A6|72%3A1234|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A24
     
    neof1z, Jun 4, 2009
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    igogo Newbie

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    Here there is a picture of the board disassembled.Same thread has detailed instructions on disassembly of the laptop, which is quite easy.

    The one on pink socket is CPU.
    Looks like it is Micro-FCPGA, so you can try to replace it with a newer one provided your BIOS knows about the new one. I would not change the CPU that was released after the laptop, as likely BIOS does not know it. I am looking at ones which where in the FZ lineup originally like T8500.


    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=209268&page=6

    Intel's datasheet
    http://download.intel.com/design/mobile/datashts/32012001.pdf
     
    igogo, Jun 8, 2009
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