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    Aurora m7700 motherboard upgrade (D9K)

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by tranzlusent, Jul 19, 2011.

  1. tranzlusent

    tranzlusent Newbie

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    Hey everyone, new to this site and I have an upgrade question. I have the old Aurora m7700 (D9K), and I was wondering if there's a compatible motherboard I can upgrade to. I really just need more RAM (and I guess a new processor too), but the slots on this board are for the old RAM, and there's only 2 slots so i can only get 2 gb's worth in there. I guess I'm ready to throw a lil money into this thing and make it a lil more up to date, so if anyone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Also, if upgrading the motherboard, what processor is recommended? Thanks, Jason
     
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  2. Dezire

    Dezire Notebook Guru

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    The D9K is the best/fastest motherboard for that old Clevo chassis.
    It was thee first dual core laptop board and can easily hold its own against modern dual core mobos. With an FX-60 cpu in there and AMD's latest cpu drivers you've still got one of the fastest XP os laptops running on two cores.
    It's just a shame 7950 cards are as high as you can go for graphics.
     
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    tranzlusent Newbie

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    Yea if I had actually forked over the extra 1300$, you would be right. Unfortunately I didn't, and DO NOT have the dual core processor or the supporting mobo. I know, I know, but I was in the Air Force back when I bought it and wasnt making enough money to justify the extra grand at the time, I was planning on stuffing it full of that later, and just never got around to it til now. I don't really use it for gaming anymore so the graphics card isnt really that important, but from the sounds of it I should probably look at getting that fx60 processor in there along with that mobo?? Anywhere you know I can find it?? (O, and I have windows 7 on it.......and wish I hadn't installed it, which is another reason i need more RAM).
     
    tranzlusent, Jul 22, 2011
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  4. Dezire

    Dezire Notebook Guru

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    If you've got a D9K mobo you're ready to install a dual core cpu.
    There's a socket 939 FX-60 on Ebay right now here: AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Duo-Core 2.6GHz ADAFX60DAA6CD 939 | eBay
    Wipe Windows 7 off it and return to Windows XP 32 bit. Those excellent AMD cpu drivers make the cpu work a lot more efficiently in 32 bit. XP 32 bit goes like stink on those D900k boards running dual core.
     
    Dezire, Jul 22, 2011
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    ok, but that doesn't solve my original problem of not enough RAM. If I throw that cpu in I definitely need more RAM, and in this case the mobo only takes ddr1 and there is only 2 slots, so I can't really get that much in there. Thx for your help so far
     
    tranzlusent, Jul 22, 2011
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