Emachines EL1852G-52w (CAN THE CPU BE UPGRADED?)

GreenMD16

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Hey guys, I currently obtained a EL1852G-52w emachines desktop.

The old specs were,
-3gb of DDR3
-1tb HDD
-intel pentium processor E5800
-Power Supply: 220 Watt

Current are,
-8gb of DDR3
-1tb HHD
-intel pentium processor E5800
-Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5570 Low profile 1Gb PCIe Graphics card
-Power Supply: 220 Watt

Now the only thing I still currently want to upgrade is the CPU, uses socket LGA775

My question is what is the max kind of LGA775 cpu I can upgrade this desktop with??


I recently tried to place a Intel Core 2 Q9500 2.83GHZ Quad Core 6M Cache LGA775 CPU on this desktop but it kept giving me a long, non stop beep or would no beeps but nothing showed up on screen.

Was looking for any info about this specific model online but couldn't really find anything.

Thank you

 
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Most likely you cannot upgrade the CPU. That PC supports 800 FSB speed. The CPU you tried to upgrade runs on a 1333 FSB. To my knowledge, Intel did not make a core 2 quad on an 800 FSB.

To sum things up, it already has the fastest CPU it can handle.

mgallo848

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Most likely you cannot upgrade the CPU. That PC supports 800 FSB speed. The CPU you tried to upgrade runs on a 1333 FSB. To my knowledge, Intel did not make a core 2 quad on an 800 FSB.

To sum things up, it already has the fastest CPU it can handle.
 
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GreenMD16

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That's a bummer and I'm out $10 for this quad cpu :/

Surprisingly, I saw that the motherboard for it could only handle 4gb ddr3 max but it's running 8gb of ddr3 just fine.

Well, listen learned.

Thanks
 
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That PC has a motherboard based on the G41 Chipset which supports processors with an FSB of either 800/1066 or 1333MHz.

The EMachines EL1852G Service Manual says Core 2 Quads and Core 2 Duos are supported as well as the E5800 you currently have.

The Q9550s, Q9400s and Q8400s are all Quad-core processors listed as being compatible with this model. (Note the "s'".)

Check this link:

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/371355/Emachines-El1852g.html?page=94#manual

There are no bios updates on the Emachines website so if you can get your hands on a C2D to test, preferably free then it could be well worth the effort. Then all you'd have to do is add either a low powered gpu like the HD 6570 or GT 710 and you could play something half decent with half decent settings or you could upgrade the psu and get a 1050/1030.

If that works you could look at getting a modded Xeon. Hope this helps.

GL
 

mgallo848

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He has the "EL1852G-52w" motherboard, not the "EL1852G" which is the manual you found. There may be enough of a difference in the CPU's that were suported. Since e-machines no longer have a website to provide a BIOS upgrade he'll never know.
 
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Here are the specs from CNET for the El1852g-52W :

https://www.cnet.com/products/emachines-el1852g-52w-ext...

Near the top of the page:
Chipset Type Intel G41 Express

Near the bottom of the page:
MAINBOARD
Chipset Type Intel G41 Express

Information for the Intel G41 Express Chipset:
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/docu...

*He stated that he has tried a Core 2 9500.The "S" series Quad cores have been modified to use only 65W which suggests that if power is the main issue then this is why the earlier Core 2 Quads have been blacklisted. If he could get one of the supported C2D's to test then he could try the modded Xeon approach or a Core 2 Quad.