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    Any Dell owners had problems upgrading to an ES cpu? Tried 3 tested good cpu's and all cause problems...

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by lucino, Feb 9, 2012.

  1. lucino

    lucino Notebook Geek

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    Hi all,

    As per the title, has anyone tried/had problems upgrading their Dell to an ES cpu?

    I have 3 ES cpus, 2 i7-620m's (different batches) and an i5 which all work without fault in different brand notebooks- even when stressed for hours in all manner of ways.

    When I place these in a Dell Vostro 3300 they show in the bios, windows boots fine, but anywhere between 30 seconds to 10 minutes into normal use the notebook completely freezes- no bluescreen, no buttons etc resulting in having to pull the power cord to shut down.

    The Vostro came from the factory with an i7-640m and works perfectly with this cpu so I know the notebook has no other hardware faults. Bios version is the latest- A10.

    One interesting thing I noticed is when I open HWMonitor, the temp reading jumps between displaying '-' then back to the normal temp- this does not happen on any other notebook these cpu's have been in.

    Any ideas anyone!? Is it just a case the Dell bios is temperamental or isn't as comprehensive as other brands resulting in limited support maybe?

    Thanks!
     
    lucino, Feb 9, 2012
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Do these CPUs work in other laptops? It's probably just your particular machine, or the Vostro 3300 in general. I've got some older ES Merom/Penryn and they've worked in every Dell I've tried them in.
     
    Commander Wolf, Feb 9, 2012
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  3. lucino

    lucino Notebook Geek

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    Yes these cpu's work perfectly in other laptops. It's annoying me I cant get them to work in the Dell!
     
    lucino, Feb 10, 2012
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