Aspire 5315 CPU Step-by-Step Upgrade Guide

[bigozone]

ANOTHER ASPIRE CPU UPGRADE GUIDE BROUGHT TO YOU BY

NEWEST 5315 XP DRIVERS (all drivers) enjoy them

T8100 confirmed in Aspire 5315 by zedoctor
T8300 now confirmed in Aspire 5315...by ric ayr
4 gigabytes of RAM seems to be causing BSODthanks to ric ayr for this info.. and quilty997 for indepth testing
T9300 & T9500 boot & work fineAFTER REINSTALLING VISTA to resolve the COOLING ISSUES thanks to Quilty997


Krazy's 3680 UPGRADE thread is my original motivation for upgrading my cpu and his page will be credited properly here as i continue to update this..

i have various reports of CORE2DUO CPU upgrades working with MANY other models from various manufacturers... the main limiting factor is going to be your laptop's BIOS and it's support for upgrade CPUS..

STEP BY STEP GUIDE is now in post #2... wanted to consolidate other info into this thread since it gets the most hits
Attached at the bottom of the second post is a picture of the 5315 insides besure to check it so you know what you are doing

Link to the Aspire 5315 Mainboard and LCD manufacturer

Downgrading your 5315 to Windows XP
SOULPASS, the BEST 5315 XP GUIDE ON THE NET (SATA and All DRIVERS)
MORE XP DROWNGRADE INFO
MORE 5315 DRIVER INFO
PDF FILE with links to drivers for 5710 (may also cover 5715, 5720, 7720, and 5315) MAY STILL WORK?? not tested in months

OTHER VALUABLE THREADS AND INFO

BIOS RECOVERY for Aspire 5315 using USB THUMB DRIVE (should work on Aspire 5720, 7720, or any ICL50 mainboard

Step-by-step instructions for 5315 CPU upgrade OLD VERSION

VIDEO:: Upgrading the CPU of a 4315, very good narration thanks to lostboykev

VIDEO:: Upgrade your 4315 CPU & CD-RW to a DVD Burner also from lostboykev

The Ultimate CPU Guide by Lithus

Intel Mobile Processor Compatibility Guide by Commander Wolf

5315 KeyBoard Replacement with many PICs.... thanks to jeepman for the link, and thanks to delusional for the guide..

My experiences with socket M CPUs and finally Success w/ socket P

Does your TouchPad cause your Cursor to jump?

Memory Upgrades for the 5315

UPDATING BIOS using the windows flasher

NEW!!! BIOS Ver 1.43 is now out

BIOS RECOVERY and DOS FLASH instructions

MALFUNCTIONING BATTERY causes EXTREEME OVER HEATING thanks atthegates

LAPTOP still too hot?? mayeb UNDERVOLTING can help!!

COLD BOOT BIOS issue w/ Ver 1.34 (also applies to 5720 & 7720)

INTERNAL WIFI MOD to accept external antenna

EeePC Modder gone crazy, need inspiration, check this out

enjoy it,
bigO

[bigozone]

i have upgraded my CPU to the T5450 or any socketP UP TO the T7500 CPU should work fine... 2 users have reported back to me on the success of his T7500 upgrade... the CPU will work and the GM965chipset will support the 800Mhz FSB... SO GO BIG OR GO CHEAP is my advice,, each has it's pro's and con's

on the 5315, a cpu upgrade is very easy..

1. unplug power, remove battery,, and press power button to drain any residual power held by capasitors.

2. remove 4 screws (one at a time) from the bottom access pannel (large funny shaped pannel w/ circular fan hole).

3. w/ screws removed use small screwdriver to help prise the pannel up, (it takes some force to remove the pannel, just go slow and steady).

4. after pannel removal, locate the FAN.. remove the 3 screws from the fan, unplug fan power cable, then remove the fan.

5. now unscrew the 4 screws from above the CPU (they have springs between the screw heads and the cpu heatsink.

6. now w/ screws removed, lift the heatsink up off the CPU and remove the heat-sink assembly... it goes all the way to the fins that are in back of the fan...

7. with the heatsink assembly removed, you should see the CPU... socket color is not an issue and no modification is needed... sorry for any confusion

8. turn the screw at the top of the cpu socket. that should release the pressure on the CPU,, and now you should be able to lift the CPU out of the scoket.

9. place the new cpu in the socket, MAKE SURE IT IS FRIMLY SEATED w/ no gap between pins cpu and socket... then turn screw back to lock CPU in place..

10. re assemble the rest of the components in reverse order to re assemble.. (heatsink assembly, (screw it back in,, fan assembly- screw it back and hook up power,, replace back cover and replace screws.)

that should do it for you...

before doing all of this make sure you have updated your bios version to atleast version 1.31,, i'm using 1.43 w/ no problems,,

currently version 1.34 has caused sporadic COOL BOOT problems on certain machines,,,ver 1.42 had some issues with NETWORK not resuming after pc comes out of hibernate... Many BIOS versions can be forund at support.acer-euro.com READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND THEN run the flasher of your choice (windows flash,,, or DOS which requires you to make a bootable CD w/ flash files on it)

bios update to 1.34?
7720G BIOS v1.34 "little" issue

i personally have flashed my 5315 BIOS's (3 pcs) a total of over 50 times with no problems using WINFLASH

but on 7-25-08 i did get report of WINFLASH hanging durring verification step, when user killed all power it also killed his BIOS and maybe MORE... (lesson::: DO NOT REMOVE AC & BATTERY while PC is powered up, even if it seems locked up)

[tsprint9]

Hi bigozone - I have searched threads and can't find any that describe the mods to make to CPU to fit a grey socket on an Acer Aspire 4315. I have a GM965 chipset and have upgraded the bios to the most recent version in readiness.

I have an upgrade CPU on the way and took my laptop apart to check and I might have known a grey socket!!!! You seem to be the person who knows about this - can you let me have the information please? I'm new here and hope this is the correct method of contact. I have set my account so I can receive emails from others so I hope this works. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

[bigozone]

Hi bigozone - I have searched threads and can't find any that describe the mods to make to CPU to fit a grey socket on an Acer Aspire 4315. I have a GM965 chipset and have upgraded the bios to the most recent version in readiness.

I have an upgrade CPU on the way and took my laptop apart to check and I might have known a grey socket!!!! You seem to be the person who knows about this - can you let me have the information please? I'm new here and hope this is the correct method of contact. I have set my account so I can receive emails from others so I hope this works. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

this info is not needed.. sorry for confusion

[sc00terx]

send me an email addy... i refuse to post warranty vioding info on the main board and your PM feature isn't working for some reason

lo m8 more pm probs

sc00terx

[bigozone]

lo m8 more pm probs

sc00terx

yeah,, more PM probs..... glad i didn't blame you for the probs... there is something w/ the site obviously

[ATG]

Warranty.. I opened my laptop first week I bought it

Edit: Ok I'm joking with warranty so I expect the laptop to blow up soon..

[bigozone]

Warranty.. I opened my laptop first week I bought it

Edit: Ok I'm joking with warranty so I expect the laptop to blow up soon..

come back and we'll talk after you poke a hot thumbtack thru your CPU Socket just so you can upgrade it

later,
bigO

[bigozone]

Hi bigozone - I have searched threads and can't find any that describe the mods to make to CPU to fit a grey socket on an Acer Aspire 4315. I have a GM965 chipset and have upgraded the bios to the most recent version in readiness.

I have an upgrade CPU on the way and took my laptop apart to check and I might have known a grey socket!!!! You seem to be the person who knows about this - can you let me have the information please? I'm new here and hope this is the correct method of contact. I have set my account so I can receive emails from others so I hope this works. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

i got to give you props for actually reading,, reading,, and reading,,, your PM was on the nose... i wish more people would come at me as informed as you were,, i can tell you did good research... and for that i wanted to thank you.

later,
bigO

[sc00terx]

i got to give you props for actually reading,, reading,, and reading,,, your PM was on the nose... i wish more people would come at me as informed as you were,, i can tell you did good research... and for that i wanted to thank you.

later,
bigO

lo i been bizzy now done 4 more of them for m8s lol

all worked out well so thanks for the info and help its good to know some on the net are still helpfull

sc00terx