Aspire 5315 CPU Step-by-Step Upgrade Guide

[bigozone]

Hello people!I am a new user on this forum.I bought a 5315 laptop 2 days ago
that has a Celeron 560.I read this thread and opened mine to see id I had a pink
socket.Surprisingly I have a dark grey one.What does this mean?And what's with the mod to the socket?Is that necessary if I want to install a more powerful CPU?

no socket modification is needed

sorry for the confusion on my part


bigO

[lacky75]

does anyone know why acer are using 3 differant coloured cpu sockets the dark grey one (designed for celerons) the pink and white one which seem to be the full core2 socket just with diferrant colours?

also is the whiter coloured socket newer as no-one on here seems to own a 5315 with one.

[bigozone]

different production runs by the manufacturer.... they run out of one part,, they buy the cheapest replacemnet that will meet the customers' specifications..

it's as simple as that...

[pipino]

I'm a bit afraid to diassemble the cooler system because I know that the processor die is not covered by a heatspreader and I wouldn't want to chip the core.Plus I guess this would void my warranty.For the moment I will leave it be because I have a powerful enough desktop to fit my needs.I opened the
laptop just out of sheer curiosity.Plus the computational power the Celeron 560 gives me is enough for what I need.

[bigozone]

I'm a bit afraid to diassemble the cooler system because I know that the processor die is not covered by a heatspreader and I wouldn't want to chip the core.Plus I guess this would void my warranty.For the moment I will leave it be because I have a powerful enough desktop to fit my needs.I opened the
laptop just out of sheer curiosity.Plus the computational power the Celeron 560 gives me is enough for what I need.

feel free to message me if you have any fruther questions....

BTW to chip that core you'd have to be kinda brutal with it....

[hoggie]

ive now got two photos of sockets.
one a socket P the other M. both are pink and both have two holes missing (blank).
something is not right ?

[bigozone]

ive now got two photos of sockets.
one a socket P the other M. both are pink and both have two holes missing (blank).
something is not right ?

as usual HOGGIE is always right

the socket modification is not needed.... unless you wanna put a socketM in a MB that doesn't support it!

[hoggie]

i'm betting that any socket with two holes blocked came stock with CELERON CPUs?? am i right?

thanks for the info on the PINK socket w/ 2 blocked holes
now i gotta change my threads..... (D@MN YOU HOGGIE) j/k

one had m420 the other 530.

[Sova]

I just got a T7100, planning on doing the upgrade in a couple of days, I've just got one question, I'd like to keep my default RAM for now which works on 533Mhz, will there be any problems if i stick in the T7100 because it has a rated FSB of 800Mhz?

Any help appreciated !

[Andy]

I just got a T7100, planning on doing the upgrade in a couple of days, I've just got one question, I'd like to keep my default RAM for now which works on 533Mhz, will there be any problems if i stick in the T7100 because it has a rated FSB of 800Mhz?

Any help appreciated !

Dont worry about the ram....if it is PC2-4200 it will continue to function at 533MHz and if it is PC2-5300 it will then function at 667MHz....!!