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    Is anyone going to be brave?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by hanuman33, Apr 23, 2012.

  1. hanuman33

    hanuman33 Notebook Guru

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    So I was just wondering if anyone wil be brave enough to try an Ivybridge in the M14x R1?
     
    hanuman33, Apr 23, 2012
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  2. James D

    James D Notebook Prophet

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    for free? I'm first)
     
    James D, Apr 23, 2012
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  3. hanuman33

    hanuman33 Notebook Guru

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    I wish! I did see some ES and QS versions on a certain online auction site that were fairly cheap and just wondered if anyone had taken the plunge?
     
    hanuman33, Apr 23, 2012
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  4. James D

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    no one will buy average cpus. only one of the best because average will be in laptops.

    nobody is stupid to buy expensive to try :)
     
    James D, Apr 23, 2012
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    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    Why try it? Since Intel already state that the Ivy Bridge will be backward compatible with the Sandy Bridge's motherboard, so I'm pretty sure it will work on those with Sandy Bridge CPUs.
     
    CGSDR, Apr 23, 2012
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    I would never try this - I'd be devastated if I ruined my laptop.
     
    Voodooi, Apr 23, 2012
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  7. hanuman33

    hanuman33 Notebook Guru

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    Im interested in trying it as I have the 2630QM and would like to upgrade to maybe the 2760QM or ideally the 3720QM.
    I do tend to hammer my CPU a bit so wanted something with a little more grunt to shunt.
     
    hanuman33, Apr 23, 2012
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  8. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    I doubt an ivy bridge cpu will work as you need BIOS support for it to work as I understand it. :(

    Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2 using tapatalk 2
     
    bigtonyman, Apr 23, 2012
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  9. hanuman33

    hanuman33 Notebook Guru

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    I wonder if we could get someone to rehash the R1 bios, I use the unlocked ones at the moment. Maybe its all pie in the sky! You gotta have a dream I guess.
     
    hanuman33, Apr 23, 2012
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    would be nice, but to much work for to little gain IMO :(
     
    bigtonyman, Apr 23, 2012
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