T8300 upgrade to Q9100

mellowcream

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o I want to upgrade my old HP Compaq 8510w laptop. It currently has these sepcs:



Intel Core 2 Duo t8300 @ 2.4GHZ

Nvidia Quadro 570m

8GB of DDR2

500GB 7200rpm drive

PM965 Chipset, Socket P (478)

The CPU isn't soldered. But HP doesn't have a list of supported CPU's.



I want to upgrade the CPU I was thinking a Q9100. The chipset and socket work, but will the bios take it?
 
Solution
According to HP, that laptop only supportd the 'T' series of Core 2 Duo.
The FSB is higher in the Q9100 as it the wattage needed, so more than the bios, the mobo hardware itself may not support it.
According to HP, that laptop only supportd the 'T' series of Core 2 Duo.
The FSB is higher in the Q9100 as it the wattage needed, so more than the bios, the mobo hardware itself may not support it.
 
Solution