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    Acer 6920 upgrade

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by michals2408, Apr 10, 2009.

  1. michals2408

    michals2408 Newbie

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    I am looking at purchasing a T9500 to put into my 6920 (it currently has the T5750). I noticed that there are two models of the T9500, the Q4GG and the Q9WW). These models have different voltage requirements. So I was wandering if this laptop required a specific model of T9500 or if the bios is new enough to recognize the processor and adjust accordingly.
     
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  2. ATG

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    Hi and welcome to NBR.

    Both Q4GG and Q9WW are ES(engineering sample) CPUs. These aren't recommended because they might not work well. The pro's around here can tell which ES CPU is worth buying it, I think they base their opinion on the "Core stepping C0, B1 etc" but unfortunately I'm not familiar with this.

    The retail T9500 are SLAQH and SLAPW. You need to get the first one, SLAQH, because it's a socket P. The other one is a socket M CPU and it won't work with your 6920G.
     
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  3. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    SLAPW isn't a Socket M - it's a BGA processor, the kind that gets soldered onto motherboards and not socketed.
    Look for SLAQH.
     
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  4. ATG

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    Hm... I though FCBGA6 means socket M...

    http://www.chiplist.com/ChipList2/tree3f-s_spec_stepping_code-SL9SK--/

    Or it doesn't necessarily mean that..
     
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    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    PGA - Pin Grid Array - Socketed
    BGA - Ball Grid Array - Soldered
     
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    Yeah you're right my bad. And thanks for correcting me.
     
    ATG, Apr 11, 2009
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