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    Aspire 5100 motherboard

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by monique_zg, Aug 29, 2007.

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    monique_zg Newbie

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    Is it suppose say in bios that motherboard is from aspire 3100? I had my laptop on service,and they changed the motherboard so I wonder...
     
    monique_zg, Aug 29, 2007
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    As far as I know it's the same mobo for 3100 and 5100.
     
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    Ok,thnx ! :)
     
    monique_zg, Aug 29, 2007
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    monique_zg Newbie

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    And one more thing, I have MK-38 2.2 Turion and is it normal that it always works on 790 MHz like it saids on 3D mark and Contol Panel?
     
    monique_zg, Aug 29, 2007
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    It's probably running @800MHz most of the time but when needed switches to higher freq- that's the idea of AMD Cool & Quiet.
    If you are sure that it runs @800MHz even under high load (like running 3D Mark or virus scan) than your computer may be running in "power saving" mode- either set by Windows or Empowering technology.
     
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    rok.my.sox Notebook Enthusiast

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    800MHz is the lowest setting for your processor (its the same for mine) Just go into the Empowering thing and change CPU to max.
     
    rok.my.sox, Aug 29, 2007
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    Just for the record... the aspire 3100 5100 and 5110 series of notebooks all use the same mainboard, chipset and BIOS :)
     
    Evolution, Aug 29, 2007
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    Do you where can i get an user manual for this boards?

    I got an PXE-E61: Media test failure on my Aspire 5100, and i want to upgrade bios or claer cmos and i don't know how.

    Thanks in advance
     
    pjsps8, Jul 10, 2008
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    stefangx Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the service manual for aspire 3100/5100. I own a 3100 and i would like to trasform it to a 5100 to mount a turion x2 instead my sempron. But no way! the bios is the same for the two models and 3100 don't support multiprocessor. Incredible...
     
    stefangx, Dec 7, 2008
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    Hi, that was really useful information about the motherboards ,I need to get a new motherboard for a 5720, do you know if there are other motherboards that fit this or where I could get the information from ? many thanks
    Chris
     
    chewitt, Nov 23, 2009
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