Upgrade ASUS laptop to Ivy Bridge?

Vadamo · Jun 22, 2016

So I just got an ASUS K53E, currently it has a i5-2410m with Intel 3000 graphics.

I want to upgrade to an Ivy Bridge i7-3610QM which would be a nice performance increase. One problem, I am not sure if my laptop supports Ivy Bridge.

Now I have AMI BCP and could add the microcode for the Ivy Bridge processors, not sure where to get the microcode files for it though. I have a modified bios already which allows me to allocate 512mb than the 192mb I had allocated to the Intel HD 3000(Point being, you can flash YOUR own bioses and yes I am aware of risky it is

) . In case you are wondering, I have this upgraded to max ram which is 8gb.

I know someone will say it, this laptop uses Socket G2 and is not soldered in. It is able to be upgraded and has been in the past to processors like i7-2670QM(Sandy Bridge).

Thanks!

Vadamo · Jul 8, 2016

Bump. Anyone?

JoeRaptor · Jul 10, 2016

Vadamo :

Yes it is safe to upgrade to i7-3610QM with intel hd 4000 because the best you could actually upgrade to on socket G2 is the i7-3940XM with intel hd 4000. Make sure your bios is updated before doing anything though.

Check this video out SPECIFICALLY if you need help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmehOINmxUE

EDIT: Let me guess, you went on www.biosmods.com didn't you? Anyway it should work if the firmware of the bios was made anywhere past 2011 or 2012. I would be worried about TDP though.

Guessing your motherboard handles 35 watts of power, you're going to get bottle necked because the CPU you're looking at takes 55 watts to work at it's maximum potential.

I assume you are familiar by your awesome title. Your bios should already have the files your are looking for, pre-installed into the bios.

I wouldn't worry because any bios firmware manufactured AFTER 2011 & 2012 I know for fact Hewlett Packard, ACER and ASUS gave full Sandy and Ivy Bridge support on socket G2.

I say this because I remember many said I couldn't upgrade from pentium b960(Sandy) to i7-3940XM(Ivy) because of missing microcode or no bios support for Ivy Bridge at all.

Really hope this helped. :pt1cable:

Vadamo · Jul 12, 2016

JoeRaptor :

Vadamo :

Yes it is safe to upgrade to i7-3610QM with intel hd 4000 because the best you could actually upgrade to on socket G2 is the i7-3940XM with intel hd 4000. Make sure your bios is updated before doing anything though.

Check this video out SPECIFICALLY if you need help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmehOINmxUE

EDIT: Let me guess, you went on www.biosmods.com didn't you? Anyway it should work if the firmware of the bios was made anywhere past 2011 or 2012. I would be worried about TDP though.

Guessing your motherboard handles 35 watts of power, you're going to get bottle necked because the CPU you're looking at takes 55 watts to work at it's maximum potential.

I assume you are familiar by your awesome title. Your bios should already have the files your are looking for, pre-installed into the bios.

I wouldn't worry because any bios firmware manufactured AFTER 2011 & 2012 I know for fact Hewlett Packard, ACER and ASUS gave full Sandy and Ivy Bridge support on socket G2.

I say this because I remember many said I couldn't upgrade from pentium b960(Sandy) to i7-3940XM(Ivy) because of missing microcode or no bios support for Ivy Bridge at all.

Really hope this helped. :pt1cable:

Yeah I went to biosmods, I'll check the firmware date. Did manufactures have access to the microcode before the processors were released? (I say this because this way they could easily stick a new processor into the old motherboard design and sell it?)

The 3610QM is supposed to take 45W no? just like the 2670QM.

Wasn't too sure on whether or not it had it. I'll check around for the code.

Definitely helped, thanks for the info!

JoeRaptor · Jul 12, 2016

Vadamo :

OH my bad, when I meant 55W , I meant the i7-3940XM. The one you're looking at has TDP of 45W. I left out something when you'd get bottle necked. To avoid getting bottle necked you'd have to overclock your CPU, I take you knew that too.

To be safe I'll let you in what your integrated GPU's name is. You have chipset HM77 on your motherboard am-i-right?
The GPU's name is Intel-BD82HM77-PCH. It supports from Intel(R) Graphics 1000 (Sandy bridge) all the way to (Ivy bridge) by default. Your GPU's GPU support is added into your BIO's jumble of microcode by DEFAULT.

But seriously, you're probably going to want to take my word on this one after I tell you this. If you have ever updated your original BIOS (to the ONLY firmware update that came in 2012 supposedly) YOU HAVE AUTOMATIC SUPPORT FOR INTEL HD 4000. If the ONLY difference between your original bios and the modded bios is getting 512mb of VRAM out of Intel HD(R) Graphics (3000) then there is no need to add extra microcode. I'm no BIOS expert, but It sounds you're walking into a fine wall to me. And by wall, I mean bricked and by bricked I mean computer.[

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