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    M9700 Processor upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by NortheastBread, Dec 29, 2011.

  1. NortheastBread

    NortheastBread Notebook Enthusiast

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    Since an m9700 has an amd turion 64, could it support an amd turion 64 x2
     
    NortheastBread, Dec 29, 2011
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    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    I'm afraid that the single core is the best CPU that motherboard can handle, sorry.
     
    katalin_2003, Dec 30, 2011
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    el_corsez Notebook Geek

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    Wait, doesn't the m9700 have the D900K motherboard? If that's the case, I'm pretty sure it could go dual core (it's the P4 based D900T that can't). I'm not sure it's the one you mentioned though.
     
    el_corsez, Dec 31, 2011
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    Dezire Notebook Guru

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    NO! You're thinking of the D900K variant of the M7700
    The m9700 (aka m9700a) has the Arima/Flextronics W830 motherboard.
     
    Dezire, Dec 31, 2011
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    That blows cause I found a perfectly good dual core lying around at my computer shop
     
    NortheastBread, Dec 31, 2011
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    My bad, thanks for the info :)
     
    el_corsez, Jan 1, 2012
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    Ari3sgr3gg0 Notebook Consultant

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    Yea fastest you could get is a 2.4ghz Turion single core :/ Though that system was the first to have sli :)
     
    Ari3sgr3gg0, Jan 3, 2012
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