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jwnorbury   10-13-2009 at 11:49:30 PM

Hey guys, I really need some help with this upgrade.
What I would like to do is upgrade my Celeron processor to a Core Duo/Core 2 Duo. I desperately want to get rid of this solo core processor and put a dual core processor in the laptop. I've only ever worked in a desktop before, is it as simple as that or would I have to take it to a store to be done for me.

So my question is what processor will fit into my laptop. I've looked and found a few but I'd like to see what you guys find before I go ahead with this.

Thanks :)

Laptop specs:
Intel® Celeron® Processor 900 [url=http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=41498][/url]

Mobile Intel® GL40 Express Chipset [url=http://www.intel.com/products/notebook/chipsets/gl40/gl40-overview.htm][/url]

2GB DDR2 SDRAM

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M

160 GB Hard drive

Laptop website [url=http://www.emachines.co.uk/em/product.do?ctx1w.att21k=2&LanguageISOCtxParam=en&sp=page7l&link=ln40l&CountryISOCtxParam=UK&ctx1l.c2att1=17&kcond4l.c2att101=58401&CRC=608969292][/url]

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jwnorbury   10-13-2009 at 11:53:35 PM
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Sorry, the links didn't work, and its not letting me change it. Hope this works :S

Intel® Celeron® Processor 900 http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=41498]

Mobile Intel® GL40 Express Chipset http://www.intel.com/products/note [...] rview.htm]

http://www.emachines.co.uk/em/prod [...] 608969292]

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   10-14-2009 at 04:51:31 AM
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I hate to say this, but according to this page, it looks like your motherboard only supports the Celeron processors: http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=35507

*scroll down to "Valid Processor Combinations"*

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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jwnorbury   10-14-2009 at 05:54:01 PM
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Have a look at this and see what you guys think.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sh [...] 009&page=5

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   10-14-2009 at 05:58:57 PM
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Well, if someone's done it, I guess it's possible. I was just going off the info that Intel was providing for their chipset. Based on that thread, some people are having issues with 800 FSB CPUs working properly so you'd need to find one that had a 667 FSB.

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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jwnorbury   10-14-2009 at 09:40:45 PM
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Okay, thanks :)
Do you know if that would give me a reduction of performance to the 800 FSB chip? Although I've seen people on that forum have the 800 working fine.

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jwnorbury   10-14-2009 at 10:45:46 PM
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Sorry, I meant 667 FSB the first time, not 800 FSB

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   10-15-2009 at 12:57:09 AM
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jwnorbury wrote :

Okay, thanks :)
Do you know if that would give me a reduction of performance to the 800 FSB chip? Although I've seen people on that forum have the 800 working fine.



If they have the same clock speed (say both run at 2.1ghz) then no, there probably won't be much of a difference. Certainly not noticeable for everyday tasks.

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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occupant   11-22-2009 at 12:50:42 AM
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Just a quick note to say I have the Acer version of that laptop on the way (Extensa 5230 something I think) and I also have a T4300 processor I got off eBay for $40ish and will be attempting this soon.

That GL40 chipset appears to support 35W, standard voltage, Socket P processors. Hence:

Celeron Single-Core 900
Celeron Dual-Core T3000
Celeron Dual-Core T3100
Pentium Dual-Core T4200
Pentium Dual-Core T4300

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