Hello everyone,
I hve an Aspire 1802 laptop and i need some advice upgrading the CPU.
Lucklily the laptop uses a desktop processor inside already fitted in a E775 slot.
It is the Pentium 515 2.93 Ghz. http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL7YV According to the Acer Aspire 1800 service manual i should not even have this processor fitted they have been very cheeky, i have been given a model down from the minimum P4 520.
Acer Aspire 1800's can be bought with P4 520 up to P4 550 cpus, all with a 800Mhz FSB on the same motherboard.
The 515 has a 533Mhz FSB but im thinking that it should be ok if i put a cpu with 800mhz fsb in, as this is what is meant to be there.
I have updated to the most recent version of the bios which works with the whole 1800 range so i know i can upgrade to a P4 550 800Mhz FSB definately.
I want to upgrade to a Intel Core 2 Duo Desktop Processor E4500. http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLA95 This has a 800mhz FSB, fits in the same slot, but it uses less power (65W instead of 84W). This should not be a problem right?
The only difference is the core voltage being 0.962V-1.325V instead of the 515s 1.25V - 1.388V. I cannot see any option to change voltage in the bios, no option to enable advanced settings.
Do i have to change jumpers on the motherboard?
It also has a thermal specigication of 73.3°C, instead of 67.7°C. I would have to use the existing heatsink but i could underclock it a little to solve this?
I rang up Acer and they could not give me an answer whether the upgrade will work or not. There is nothing in the bios update/s release notes about processor compatibility.
The mortherboard is a CQ60 but there is nothing atall about this on the net.
Any thoughts please help
I hve an Aspire 1802 laptop and i need some advice upgrading the CPU.
Lucklily the laptop uses a desktop processor inside already fitted in a E775 slot.
It is the Pentium 515 2.93 Ghz. http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL7YV According to the Acer Aspire 1800 service manual i should not even have this processor fitted they have been very cheeky, i have been given a model down from the minimum P4 520.
Acer Aspire 1800's can be bought with P4 520 up to P4 550 cpus, all with a 800Mhz FSB on the same motherboard.
The 515 has a 533Mhz FSB but im thinking that it should be ok if i put a cpu with 800mhz fsb in, as this is what is meant to be there.
I have updated to the most recent version of the bios which works with the whole 1800 range so i know i can upgrade to a P4 550 800Mhz FSB definately.
I want to upgrade to a Intel Core 2 Duo Desktop Processor E4500. http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLA95 This has a 800mhz FSB, fits in the same slot, but it uses less power (65W instead of 84W). This should not be a problem right?
The only difference is the core voltage being 0.962V-1.325V instead of the 515s 1.25V - 1.388V. I cannot see any option to change voltage in the bios, no option to enable advanced settings.
Do i have to change jumpers on the motherboard?
It also has a thermal specigication of 73.3°C, instead of 67.7°C. I would have to use the existing heatsink but i could underclock it a little to solve this?
I rang up Acer and they could not give me an answer whether the upgrade will work or not. There is nothing in the bios update/s release notes about processor compatibility.
The mortherboard is a CQ60 but there is nothing atall about this on the net.
Any thoughts please help