I have seen videos showing that the Core 2 Duo T6600 in a Dell 1545 can be easily upgraded to a more powerful CPU. I have taken these laptops apart before to replace USB and Power assembly, so feel confident I can do it.
There are plenty of CPU's on Ebay at decent prices so seems like a good option to get a bit more life out of the laptop.
What I want to know is whether there are any rules when doing this? Do FSB and TDP of CPU's have to match my existing one?
I saw here
www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Core_2_Duo_Mobile/T6600.html
a list of compatible CPU's it says mine is 35w and has a FSB of 800 which suggests that the most likely choice would be
Core 2 Duo T6670 2 2 2.2 GHz 800 MHz 2MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T6900 2 2 2.5 GHz 800 MHz 2MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T6970 2 2 2.5 GHz 800 MHz 2MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T8100 2 2 2.1 GHz 800 MHz 3MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T8100 2 2 2.1 GHz 800 MHz 3MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T8300 2 2 2.4 GHz 800 MHz 3MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9300 2 2 2.5 GHz 800 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9400 2 2 2.533 GHz 1066 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9500 2 2 2.6 GHz 800 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9550 2 2 2.667 GHz 1066 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9600 2 2 2.8 GHz 1066 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9800 2 2 2.933 GHz 1066 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9900 2 2 3.067 GHz 1066 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Extreme X9000 2 2 2.8 GHz 800 MHz 6MB 44W
Core 2 Extreme X9100 2 2 3.067 GHz 1066 MHz 6MB 44W
But is there a chance that these faster models with a 1086MHz FSB might also work,
I have heard that the chipset has to support the upgrade, well I think it has a Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset and this page says
http://www.intel.com/products/notebook/chipsets/gm45/gm45-overview.htm
"1066 MHz Front Side Bus support Provides faster data transfer rate compared to previous generation bus speed."
which suggests it might support any of the above
I have never seen a Dell model higher than the T6600 I have but I have seen other people saying they replaced T6600 with Core 2 Extreme X9000.
Has anyone on here actually done an upgrade of this CPU on this laptop, highest I have seen on the web is a T9550
There are plenty of CPU's on Ebay at decent prices so seems like a good option to get a bit more life out of the laptop.
What I want to know is whether there are any rules when doing this? Do FSB and TDP of CPU's have to match my existing one?
I saw here
www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Core_2_Duo_Mobile/T6600.html
a list of compatible CPU's it says mine is 35w and has a FSB of 800 which suggests that the most likely choice would be
Core 2 Duo T6670 2 2 2.2 GHz 800 MHz 2MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T6900 2 2 2.5 GHz 800 MHz 2MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T6970 2 2 2.5 GHz 800 MHz 2MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T8100 2 2 2.1 GHz 800 MHz 3MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T8100 2 2 2.1 GHz 800 MHz 3MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T8300 2 2 2.4 GHz 800 MHz 3MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9300 2 2 2.5 GHz 800 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9400 2 2 2.533 GHz 1066 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9500 2 2 2.6 GHz 800 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9550 2 2 2.667 GHz 1066 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9600 2 2 2.8 GHz 1066 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9800 2 2 2.933 GHz 1066 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Duo T9900 2 2 3.067 GHz 1066 MHz 6MB 35W
Core 2 Extreme X9000 2 2 2.8 GHz 800 MHz 6MB 44W
Core 2 Extreme X9100 2 2 3.067 GHz 1066 MHz 6MB 44W
But is there a chance that these faster models with a 1086MHz FSB might also work,
I have heard that the chipset has to support the upgrade, well I think it has a Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset and this page says
http://www.intel.com/products/notebook/chipsets/gm45/gm45-overview.htm
"1066 MHz Front Side Bus support Provides faster data transfer rate compared to previous generation bus speed."
which suggests it might support any of the above
I have never seen a Dell model higher than the T6600 I have but I have seen other people saying they replaced T6600 with Core 2 Extreme X9000.
Has anyone on here actually done an upgrade of this CPU on this laptop, highest I have seen on the web is a T9550
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