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    Can the S6F/S6Fm be upgraded with a regular Core2Duo chip (T7600)?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by z33driver, May 18, 2007.

  1. z33driver

    z33driver Newbie

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    I was wondering if these chips are pin-compatible? Is it possible to pop a regular Core2Duo in one of these? Does it have enough AC power to handle it?
     
    z33driver, May 18, 2007
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  2. neo1981

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    better not do it. It would become a real oven
     
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    Geared2play.com Company Representative

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    It can however there are 2 reasons why asus put a lv cpu in there
    1. Their testing revealed that it is an oven as above said however it works perfectly fine even under stress
    2. their testing revealed that it over heats
    Odds are #1 is true. Dont do it is good avice only because you will void your warranty
     
    Geared2play.com, May 18, 2007
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    The power given to the CPU would be regulated as well, it's likely that even if you could get one in there and heat wasn't an issue the CPU would not get enough power to run.
     
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    power is not regulated nor was it ever on any asus laptop with a low voltage cpu.
     
    Geared2play.com, May 18, 2007
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    LV CPUs require only 1/2 the power the normal ones use (ie: ~10-15W vs. ~25-30W). However, the thermal solution is made to match it. It would be a bad idea to put in a normal one. As far as pin compatible, you might want to check if it is even removable...
     
    AlexF, May 18, 2007
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    Um, LV and ULV chips are soldered into the sockets as far as I know (I remember PortableOne trying to get Intel to release them in socket retail form a little while back) so there is no way you can swap a regular C2D chip into it. Besides, the LV chips are almost as powerful as the regular versions, unlike the crippled ULV chips. I don't think you would get that much of a performance boost to be worth it even if it was possible.
     
    Redline, May 19, 2007
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  8. AlexOnFyre

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    The S6 processors are soldered on. you cannot upgrade them.
     
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    The AnandTech article has almost nothing to do with the question the OP asked. That is simply comparing the older Yonah processors to Merom.
     
    Redline, May 19, 2007
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  11. AlexOnFyre

    AlexOnFyre Needs to get back to work NBR Reviewer

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    It refers to the backwards compatibility of the current Merom chips. I thought they talked about how. The S6 uses a Low voltage Yonah and he was talking about compatability with a Merom chip. Mainly though, I was mistaken, because I thought the article referenced the fact that many L-series CPUs are soldered in. I must have read that on wikipedia or something later on.
     
    AlexOnFyre, May 19, 2007
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  12. FREN

    FREN Hi, I'm a PC. NBR Reviewer

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    The S6 uses the Core 2 Duo LV7200 1.33 Ghz processor, which is a low-voltage Merom, not a low-voltage Yonah.

    The LV's are soldered onto the motherboard. You can't replace them.
     
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  13. AlexOnFyre

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    Ohhh I was looking at older versions. Sorry! I get spacey sometimes.
     
    AlexOnFyre, May 19, 2007
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