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KumasiMC   02-27-2009 at 01:55:23 PM

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with an upgrade to my cpu. My current system has amd athlon 64 x2 dual core 4400+ 2.3 ghz processor, and I was looking to buy an amd phenom II x4 quad core 920 am2+ 2.8ghz processor to improve my system. My DxDiag is as follows:

Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: Aspire E380
BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ (2 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 1262MB used, 3073MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

can anyone tell me whether or not this will be compatable? thanks for the help!

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Yomamafor1   02-27-2009 at 11:49:29 PM
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Unfortunately, it may not. Given the fact that you purchased this board from a system builder, its possible that they used a chipset that is only compatible with the X2s. In my opinion, the best way to upgrade is to go out and buy the motherboard.

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DiscoDuck   02-27-2009 at 11:59:30 PM
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If you open the case you might be able to see a motherboard model number. With that search for specifications online and you may be able determine if it is AM2+ or not. It could even be socket 939! I just cchecked and it has the nforce430 - 6100 which came in AM2 or 939 flavors. I dont think either version support quads.

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Nik_I   02-28-2009 at 12:04:20 AM
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its very unlikely that it will be compatible, unless of course acer released a BIOS update that says it supports the phenom II cpu's. i have an AM2+ board but my board manufacturer released a new BIOS that was said to be fully compatible with the AM3 cpu's. luckily, they weren't lying :)

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KumasiMC   02-28-2009 at 02:20:17 PM
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the motherboard itself is a nvidia 520LE. I just figured that out lol. It says that it's got the AM2 socket, and I thought that all AM2 sockets supported AM2+ cpu's...

I guess that's the bios thing again it depends on, right? So I should perhaps buy another motherboard, eh? That will be tricky since I'm a bit novice at installing hardware, but I will do my best. Thanks for the help guys.

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