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    Dell D620 Laptop Ok With T9800????

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by kiet1451, Apr 23, 2009.

  1. kiet1451

    kiet1451 Newbie

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    Hello smart specialists,

    I have used the Dell D620 lattitude with T7500 chipset.
    However, I am going to upgrade to T9800 but it looks like I cannot do this.
    Can you give me your best advices?
    Thank you.
     
    kiet1451, Apr 23, 2009
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  2. baibaiman

    baibaiman Notebook Guru

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    I dont think you can do this because both of them have different FSB.
     
    baibaiman, Apr 23, 2009
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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    The T9800 is a Monteveina processor
    It will not work in your D620. The fastest processor you can put in your D620 is a T9300/T9500 depending on BIOS support.
    You are looking for Santa Rosa Processors, with an 800MHz FSB

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 23, 2009
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    D620 is whatever went before Santa Rosa. Maybe even two generations back. It's got a 945-Series chipset and it only supports Socket M processors with a 667MHz FSB or less. The best thing you can use is a T7600. K-TRON probably misread it as a D630.

    EDIT: Whoa, I'm tell K-TRON to read and I totally missed the bit about the T7500. K-TRON's right; what laptop do you have? The T7500 is a processor, not a chipset, and one that came with the D630, not the D620.
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 23, 2009
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Commander Wolf mentioned something important

    Kiet1451, which system do you have?
    The D620 or D630?
    They are based on entirely different chipsets/platforms.

    I read T7500, which means D630, If you have this one, than you can upgrade to a faster Santa Rosa based processor,

    if you have the D620, you need a napa based processor, meaning socket M.
    As Commander mentioned the D620 is a socket M platform, supporting up to the T7200, T7400, T7600

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 23, 2009
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  6. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    You can only put merom processors on yours. Penryn ones are not supported.
     
    Luke1708, Apr 23, 2009
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  7. channelv

    channelv Notebook Evangelist

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    Confirmed. Not even the D630 which is a generation newer (i965) can use the T9800. The max CPU for those were the X9000 as I have in my SR laptop. The best for your D620 would be the X7800, HOWEVER, the cooling in your D620 isn't quite up to snuff for an X7800 unless you diligently kept the heatsink dust free (these models easily got clogged by dust every couple of months), AND used a laptop cooler - then it would be a possibility. I know people using an X9000 in a D630 although I can't say I recommend it. It runs plenty hot enough on my model which is a 15.4" one with better cooling.
     
    channelv, May 1, 2009
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