Aspire 5315 CPU Step-by-Step Upgrade Guide

[ATG]

the Max 3 Gigs of Ram is only limited by the 32 bit (x86) version of Windows. Upgrade your Windows to 64 bit and enjoy the full four Gigs of Ram... Or switch to a different operating system all together (Linux, Ubuntu, OS X, ect)

In the case of Aspire 5315 the max 3GB of RAM is limited by the chipset(technically GL960 should support 2GB only, we have no idea how 5315 manage to handle 3GB) so no matter the OS you install you still won't be able to use more than 3GB. It has been tested before. Now where were we on that $10?

I should remind you that the discussions even slightly related to Hackintosh are NOT allowed on these boards so please avoid it.

[iAmourPetitSeins]

This is only true, but you can upgrade the firmware of your 965 chipset and flash it into your bios and viola! 4 gigs is accepted on your 64 bit Vista Ultimate (assuming that is what you are running. As for the other versions or if your still running XP, i couldn't tell you. But i have tested it on Vista Ultimate 64 and it worked (only after upgrading the firmware)

[ATG]

This is only true, but you can upgrade the firmware of your 965 chipset and flash it into your bios and viola! 4 gigs is accepted on your 64 bit Vista Ultimate (assuming that is what you are running. As for the other versions or if your still running XP, i couldn't tell you. But i have tested it on Vista Ultimate 64 and it worked (only after upgrading the firmware)

5315 have the GL960 not the GM965. There is no update you can install....By firmware you mean BIOS update? That won't work either. You can only update the chipset drivers but it will still be GL960 after the update so the limit remains. Can you link me to that "firmware" update you're talking about?
The problem here is not the OSs 32bit architecture limit but Intel's budget chipset. We're aware of the fact 32bit OS will never see 4GB but as I said that is not the problem here - the problem is the hardware.

You've tested 4GB on Aspire 5315 and it works? Screenshots?

[iAmourPetitSeins]

Bios version is 1.45
Use driver checker AND DriverDetective and it lists GM965/960 as the chipset drivers. So doesn't that mean the Arcadia motherboard accepts the GM965 chipset on some drives as well? Or is it just that they are compatible with each other? Or is Windows just retarded and i don't know how to read Windows?

[iAmourPetitSeins]

i will slap my stock 160HD in there tomorrow and boot up Windows and show you and post the pics here for all to see 4 Gigs works on Vista Ultimate 64

[ATG]

GL960 and GM965 are basically the same thing that's why many programs report the GL960 as GL960/GM965. However GL960, being a budget version of GM965, is crippled. It has some limits done by Intel on purpose. One of these limits is the supported RAM...
All 5315 are the same, they all come with GL960 and there is NO way to..convert that chipset into GM965.

i will slap my stock 160HD in there tomorrow and boot up Windows and show you and post the pics here for all to see 4 Gigs works on Vista Ultimate 64

Great thanks. You'll have to prove the pics are of an Aspire 5315 too because we all know 4GB work on 64bit system but as far as we know - NOT on 5315. Screenshot of "System Information->System Summary" should do the trick. For example:

[Bubbah16]

Chipper, do you still have the other bilingual keyboard. I may be interested.
PM me please.

Hi guys. Final upgrade was to update to a 7200 rpm hard drive to put the icing on the cake. I was surprised at how much more snap the 7200rpm hard drive gives vs. the 5400.

Final setup on the Acer 5315 is:

Intel Core 2 Duo t8300 at 2.4 ghz.
3 gb ram
7200 rpm 250 gb. hard drive
Replaced french/english keyboard with regular english keyboard.
Vista Basic.

This is a very sweet little machine now. Works flawlessly.

[Rammunition]

Hello, just stumbbled across this thread and forum

Now i have the Acer 5315, with the Intel GL960 chipset. My specs aare

Celeron 550 2Ghz
2GB ram
80GB hard drive.

Now according to the intel website, this chipset supports upto 533mhz FSB cpu's. So does that make the Pentium dual core T2370, T2390 and T2410 the best 3 CPU's for my chipset?

thanks

[ATG]

Hello, just stumbbled across this thread and forum

Now i have the Acer 5315, with the Intel GL960 chipset. My specs aare

Celeron 550 2Ghz
2GB ram
80GB hard drive.

Now according to the intel website, this chipset supports upto 533mhz FSB cpu's. So does that make the Pentium dual core T2370, T2390 and T2410 the best 3 CPU's for my chipset?

thanks

No. Your chipset will work with CPU with FSB up to 800Mhz. The best CPUs for your laptop would be...T8300, T9300...I posted a list somewhere..

Edit:

Intel Mobile Processor Compatibility Guide

Merom-2M

Pentium Dual-Core T2310 1466 1024 533
Pentium Dual-Core T2330 1600 1024 533
Pentium Dual-Core T2370 1733 1024 533
Pentium Dual-Core T2390 1866 1024 533
Pentium Dual-Core T2410 2000 1024 533

Pentium Dual-Core T3200 2000 1024 667
Pentium Dual-Core T3400 2166 1024 667

Penryn-1M

Pentium Dual-Core T4200 2000 1024 800

Merom-2M

Core 2 Duo T5250 1500 2048 667
Core 2 Duo T5450 1667 2048 667
Core 2 Duo T5550 1833 2048 667
Core 2 Duo T5750 2000 2048 667
Core 2 Duo T5850 2133 2048 667

Core 2 Duo T5270 1400 2048 800
Core 2 Duo T5470 1600 2048 800
Core 2 Duo T5800 2000 2048 800
Core 2 Duo T5870 2000 2048 800
Core 2 Duo T5900 2200 2048 800
Core 2 Duo T7100 1800 2048 800
Core 2 Duo T7250 2000 2048 800

Merom

Core 2 Duo T7300 2000 4096 800
Core 2 Duo T7500 2200 4096 800
Core 2 Duo T7700 2400 4096 800
Core 2 Duo T7800 2600 4096 800

Penryn-2M

Core 2 Duo T6400 2000 2048 800
Core 2 Duo T6570 2100 2048 800
Core 2 Duo T6600 2200 2048 800

Penryn-3M

Core 2 Duo T8100 2100 3072 800
Core 2 Duo T8300 2400 3072 800

Core 2 Duo T9300 2500 6144 800
Core 2 Duo T9500 2600 6144 800

Any of these should work though I wouldn't install T9500 or T9300 due eventual heat problems and incompatibility. I think someone tried to install T9300 and did actually make it work somehow..We have no info if T9500 actually work in AS5315.

[xvitox]

No. Your chipset will work with CPU with FSB up to 800Mhz. The best CPUs for your laptop would be...T8300, T9300...I posted a list somewhere..

Edit:


Any of these should work though I wouldn't install T9500 or T9300 due eventual heat problems and incompatibility. I think someone tried to install T9300 and did actually make it work somehow..We have no info if T9500 actually work in AS5315.

Ya what you have to do I think is reinstall Vista...though I think if you search there is someone here who did not need to reinstall, he might have updated to BIOS 1.45