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    XPS M1730 CPU Support

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by yoi55, Mar 21, 2014.

  1. yoi55

    yoi55 Newbie

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    Hello all,
    I have an XPS M1730 that is not booting. If I hold Fn+Power, it doesn't give any LED diagnostic codes. I have a diagnostic board that plugs into the USB port, and it is saying CPU error (though, I'm not sure how much I can trust that). If I remove the RAM, it will beep and also give LED diag code for missing RAM if Fn+Power is held. The main question I have is: what CPUs are compatible with this model? I don't need to know which is the highest supported necessarily, but all of the CPUs that are supported. I might have a couple laying around that I can test with, but need to know which are compatible first. I don't want to keep tearing the whole thing down over and over again. I looked on Dell's website, but can't find a list of supported CPUs. Thanks in advance!
     
    yoi55, Mar 21, 2014
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    do you have some other memory sticks you can try - this could be a problem with the RAM.

    The laptop uses Core 2 Duo Socket P processors

    T8300
    T9300
    X9000 are some choices that I can recall.
     
    dave-p, Mar 22, 2014
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  3. yoi55

    yoi55 Newbie

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    I tried it again today, and now it won't power on at all. I'm thinking motherboard. Going to order one and will update when I get it installed. Thanks!
     
    yoi55, Mar 23, 2014
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    You can basically use any 800MHz FSB or less Socket P processor. It is definitely more likely to have a motherboard failure than a CPU failure though.
     
    Commander Wolf, Mar 23, 2014
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    yoi55 Newbie

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    Well, I got the new motherboard installed, but it's still not booting. Ordered a new CPU...will see if that fixes it.
     
    yoi55, Mar 26, 2014
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    have you tried new ram Try a single stick at a time, try in both slots
     
    dave-p, Mar 27, 2014
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    I did try that. I tried the new RAM I got (2x4GB PC2-6400), and the old RAM as well (2x1GB PC2-5300). Tried both, and also just one in each slot separately. The result is the same.
     
    yoi55, Mar 27, 2014
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    hope the CPU replacement does the trick. such a rare one
     
    dave-p, Mar 27, 2014
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