The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.

Vostro 1400 CPU Support?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by n19htmare, Dec 9, 2008.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. n19htmare

    n19htmare Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    39
    Messages:
    440
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Been out of the game for a while and have not really kept up the reading on my vostro 1400 that bought back in Nov of 2007.

    It currently has the T5470 (1.6ghz) processor and looking to upgrade to get a bump in speed and I'm wondering what the processor support is like on this laptop. I have the A09 bios.
    I was looking at the T7700...

    But wondering if it supports Penryn..did a bit of research and found out that it does...but which penryn? There are the P series with 1066 bus and the T8xxx series with 800 bus...

    Thanks in advance.
     
    n19htmare, Dec 9, 2008
    #1
  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

    Reputations:
    2,962
    Messages:
    8,231
    Likes Received:
    59
    Trophy Points:
    216
    You can use any Socket P processor with an 800MHz or slower bus, Penryns included. Probably not an extremes, though, as your cooling probably can't cope with it.
     
    Commander Wolf, Dec 9, 2008
    #2
  3. hypdotspec

    hypdotspec Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    18
    Messages:
    513
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    hypdotspec, Dec 9, 2008
    #3
  4. jason1214

    jason1214 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    56
    Messages:
    342
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    You should have no problem with the T7700. Make sure to update the BIOS.

    No Vostro has a 1066 bus yet, so stick with the 800Mhz.
     
    jason1214, Dec 9, 2008
    #4
  5. hypdotspec

    hypdotspec Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    18
    Messages:
    513
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    the T8300 is still a better one...
     
    hypdotspec, Dec 9, 2008
    #5
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.

Share This Page