Can I put a T9300 in a Dell Inspiron E1720?

I called Dell again, and they are telling me that I need a different motherboard in order to run faster than 2.0 GHz, as that particular mobo is limited to a 2.0 GHz processor.

I am on the phone with them now.

Um, no, I mean Inspiron, but what is the difference between an Inspiron E1720 and a Vostro E1720?
And how could I know if it would support a 1066 FSB?

On Dell's website, they only have up to 15xx Inspirions. But they do have a 1720 Vostro. So, it's either discontinued, or you're mistaken.

Ok, I googled and did find info on the inspirion 1720 and I'm pretty sure I know the answer to your question. But with the attitude of your last post, I'll let you figure it out on your own.

>>So, it's either discontinued, or you're mistaken.

Perhaps I should have just said, "It's discontinued"?

But I did not know it was discontinued. All I know is that the model says "Inspiron 1720".

Whether you decide to help me or not, please accept my apologies for upsetting you. It was not my intent. I just simply did not know why you assumed it would be a current model.

Well, thank you for your forgiveness. I hope in the future I will have the maturity just to say, "it's discontinued." Again my apologies.

So it is the chipset that limits the processor speed?

I am number 50 in queue, which probably means a half an hour.

Next time I am definitely getting Dell Gold (priority) tech support!

>>It looks like the inspirion 1720 uses the 965 chipset, like my laptop. I'm pretty sure the fastest cpu it supports is the T7700 2.4ghz. I researched this quite a bit when upgrading mine from a t2330 to at t7500.

So if I understand you, then since I also have the 965 chipset, I should at least theoretically be able to use a T7700 at 2.4 GHz?

But then I wonder why Dell told me my motherboard maxes out at 2.0 GHz?

In other words, Dell says it won't work, when actually it will?

I guess my main concern right now is overheating. My reason for upgrading would be to use the machine for video editing. However, yesterday I was previewing a bunch of photos for about an hour, and the machine got really hot (stuttering, missing key commands), and then after I shut it down for a half an hour, it stayed warm the rest of the day.

Is there any realistic way to keep an E1720 cool? I already have it on a laptop cooling pad, but if I use it hard, the thing just gets hot. I drilled holes in the cover for D:\, but it just does not ventilate properly enough to use it hard.

Or is there any laptop that one can really use hard for video editing, and have it stay cool?

Thanks.