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    P9700 upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cosma12, Jul 12, 2009.

  1. cosma12

    cosma12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I want to put a P9700 in my T400 thinkpad and was wandering if it would work considering that lenovo is not offering this processor yet - do they need to include this processor id in their Bios for it to work? I don't think they have done that if they don't offer the cpu yet...

    any sugestions?

    thanks,
    Cosmin
     
    cosma12, Jul 12, 2009
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  2. TexasEx7

    TexasEx7 Meat Popsicle

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    Tip: just buy a new compooter.
     
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  3. cosma12

    cosma12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, that's not realy helpful :) , I like this one just fine and want to keep it for 2-3 yrs so either P9700 or t9600 would be a worthwile upgrade for me - plus the price for those guys is not likely to go down any more, just look at some memron prices...
     
    cosma12, Jul 12, 2009
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  4. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I think someone tried in the Lenovo forum and failed to get it to work due to lack of recognition. But really CPU upgrades aren't very useful unless you are currently maxing out your current CPU's load.
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 12, 2009
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  5. cosma12

    cosma12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just realized I shouldn't post this both here and in the IBM forum - if a moderator sees this please close the thread here and move the post to the IBM forum.

    thanks,
     
    cosma12, Jul 12, 2009
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    Have you tried calling Lenovo tech support?

    Or are you still under warranty? :p
     
    chris-m, Jul 12, 2009
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  7. cosma12

    cosma12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Chris - no I didn't call them - yes still under waranty :) , but I also doubt I can get this type of info from them....regular tech support I mean.

    anyway, I thought more about this and think it should work - they offer the t9900, that came out at the same time with the p9700, so probably the latest bios should include all of them - one would hope....
     
    cosma12, Jul 12, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Call and ask if they plan to offer the P9700. If they do, then there should be a BIOS update that allows it to be installed.
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 12, 2009
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    I would go with a T9900. The TDP difference is only 7 Watts (28W vs. 35W). Plus you will get 3.06GHz.


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    ramgen, Jul 12, 2009
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  10. cosma12

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    sgogeta - I called, and they have no idea, I asked about cpu bios support and was sugeasted to do a google search....

    ramgen - yes but the T9900 is at least 200 more, so....
     
    cosma12, Jul 13, 2009
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  11. Tippey765

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    If the laptop came with any other P serries cpu's the p9700 should work just fine its just a higher clock speed.
     
    Tippey765, Jul 13, 2009
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  12. tuηay

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    lol (10. Char.)
     
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