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    Question about santa rosa and montevina??

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ljnram82606, Jun 3, 2009.

  1. ljnram82606

    ljnram82606 Notebook Evangelist

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    i have a dell xps m1530 with santa rosa. max fsb is 800mhz. i have a qx9300 montevina processor. max fsb 1066. how do i get it to work with my dell xps m1530? when i installed it the omputer basically acted as i didnt have a processor installed. anyone know a way to get this to work. for my bios to see the processor.
     
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    zergslayer69 Liquid Hz

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    You don't. Its not compatible that way. This is why the m1730s are stuck at the x9000 being the best chip.
     
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    man. i see that dell removed the m1730 and replaced it with the alienware 17x. so there is no way to use this quad core?
     
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    You can use it with any compatible notebook with a Montevina chipset. The Dell XPS series notebooks will not work, though; they are all Santa Rosa. You can use it with the new Studio XPS series, or the Studio 1555, 1537, or 1737. Probably certain Inspiron models as well.
     
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    Should work with the new AW too.
     
    zergslayer69, Jun 3, 2009
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