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    Merom drop-in compatible with Yonah???

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by zswan, Apr 21, 2006.

  1. zswan

    zswan Notebook Guru

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    I own a Vaio SZ140 Core Duo T2500 and am completely aware that my laptop will be out-of-date upon Intel's release of their new Merom chips. However, I've read a couple places that Merom will be "drop-in compatible" with Yonah. What does drop-in compatible mean? And if it means what I think it means, can I actually purchase the Merom chip and replace my Yonah with it?! (this would make me uber-excited if so :D Thanks!
     
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    Hate to break the news to ya, but computers are like cars; they're obsolete and depreciating as soon as they're off the lot. Sad, but true. Ok, the obsolete thing is a bit far stretching...

    From what I've read, the Merom is pin-compatible and will drop in. That'd be pretty darned cool if so. This core duo is already a screamer as is.
     
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    Isn't the SZ140 T2400 core duo based?
     
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    Merom is followed Core * naming schema, it should be pin compatible as they just released this pin factor anyways...
     
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    So, let me get this straight: Upon release of Merom one can replace their core duo 32bit Yonah with a core duo 64bit Merom???

    And what does "pin compatible" mean again?
     
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    I just told you the answer.............................Only if you have a calistoga based notebook.
     
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    How does one go about finding out if they have a Calistoga based notebook or a Centrino? Also, no where in that link is Centrino mentioned, how can you be certain it won't work on Centrinos?
     
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    No offense, but this have been posted numerous times already. People, there's such a thing as the search option.

    Sigh, anyway, to answer your question, yes, they're pin-compatible. However, having said that, BIOS compatibility is another question. The chances of notebook manufacturers releasing a new BIOS to the general public that'll support Merom is rather slim.
     
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    He told me. Hes an official bencher for intel, as well as the owner of xtremesystems.org, World record bencher.


    So he could tell me a merom could power a nuculer sub and i'd believe him.


    SZ's are centrino's and so are just every other sony viao.
     
    ProphetX, Apr 21, 2006
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