Where can I find supported processors?

Question

I have an Acer Aspire 5630 laptop that uses an Intel 2 Dual Core 1.66 Ghz Processor that has an LGA 775 socket and uses an Acer Grapevine motherboard. I'm looking to upgrade the processor. Does anyone know where to look online for processors that would be supported? Or, even better, does anyone know which processors above the T5500 would be supported?

Answer 1

Hi, I went to the Global Acer site, and looked around for the User Manual for your laptop, but I was unable to locate your particular model number. So, I am giving you a link to the support site, to look some more yourself, or use the email support link to ask your question of them.

Usually, computers come with a manual, either hard copy, or soft copy installed on your system which can tell you what particular upgrades a system is capable of supporting. However, some companies, even the really large ones such as Dell, fail to properly document products. One could spend well over three grand with Dell and only receive an invoice with the system. Dell fails to send out even a Thank You letter accompying the product, but does place a small notation, "thank you for choosing Dell", on one of the lines at the bottom of the invoice. I am surprised Dell doesn't charge a fee for that. lol

Anyway, some companies, such as HP send out a slew of helpfull documentation, to help the customer find information easily. I am not sure how the Acer company deals with the situation of documentation.

Your best bet is to email them with a request asking if this particular motherboard will support the processor you wish to upgrade too.

Now, please note that depending upon the policy of your warranty, changing out the processor yourself may void the time remaining on your warranty. If it is past the warranty period then you have nothing to lose. I just wanted you to be fully aware of the possibilities. It is not the same level of voidence as it once was when a consumer tinkered with their own systems. Once, even opening the case to take a look inside voided the warranty. This is due to how difficult it is for a manufacturer to know if an issue is something which has nothing to do with User Error, and therefore is under warranty, or vice versa. Today, with the ease of some upgrades, and the decrease cost for an end user to do so themselves, forces the manufacturers to back off of this stringent clause. Just be sure you read your warranty information down to the small print if you hope for warranty services in the future.

With that said, please check all documentation which did come with your system and see if you can find what you need. Do this before you email Acer tech support, because once you do they will know you plan to tinker with the machine on your own. You may find what you need in your documentation.

You can also go to the processor manufacturers website and read up on which types of socket supports which processors. This way you may locate the information without having to email Acer. Anyway, here is the link for the Acer website:

http://us.acer.com/public/page6.do?sp=page115&UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=25&CountryISOCtxParam=US&LanguageISOCtxParam=en&ctx3=150&ctx4=United+States&crc=1312170003

I had to start at the International site and then weave my way back to the U.S. site, so that is why the link is so freaking long. lol

Good luck and much success in upgrading your processor.

Answer 2

first look to see if it can be upgraded? A lot of notebooks cannot. You can ask that to acer directly via teck support and findout what you can go up to. Just because it says have socket does not mean that you can stick in a new chip actually on notebooks...sometimes they still soder in.
As for a performance upgrade on a notebook usualy the processor is NOT where you will get the biggest speed improvment in speed you can feel. Take a look at your computers subsystems, and see if an upgrade there is possible and if so what. Notebooks are notorious for things like ridiculously slow hard drives and underperforming graphics cards this is what I mean look there too and they might be cheeper to upgrade.

Answer 3

See the following:

http://processorfinder.intel.com/

Are you sure that the socket is LGA 775 and not Micro-FCPGA. Look out for FSB speed and core voltage via sSpec. A range of mobile CPUs are said to dissipate the same power, but I am not sure that this can be true. Laptops cannot usually be upgraded with a much higher GHz CPU due to heating considerations.

Answer 4

i do not know lots about processors but i find this on the net.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66 GHz Dual-Core Processor (LE80537GF0282M)
Highlights

* Offers 4 MB of L2 cache and up to 1066 MHz bus speed excellent system bandwidth and performance
* Wide Dynamic Execution improves execution speed and efficiency
* Intel® Virtualization Technology allows one hardware platform to function as multiple virtual platforms
* Includes a 4-pin connector for fan speed control to help minimize the acoustic noise levels
* Features Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS) enables efficient processing and platform thermal control

Overview
The 2.4 GHz Core™2 Duo Desktop Processor E6600 from Intel® is designed to provide powerful energy-efficient performance so you can do more at once without slowing down. It features two independent processor cores in one physical package that runs at the same frequency and sharing up to 4 MB of L2 cache as well as up to a 1066 MHz Front Side Bus for truly parallel computing. The Execute Disable Bit allows memory to be marked as executable or non-executable, allowing the processor to raise an error to the operating system if malicious code attempts to run in non-executable memory, thereby preventing the code from infecting the system. The Advanced Smart Cache feature allows the shared L2 cache to be dynamically allocated to each processor core based on workload. Moreover, its featuring Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel® EM64T) enhances performance by allowing the system to address larger amount of virtual and physical memory. Additional features to enhanced security, virtualization and 64-bit computing make the Core™2 Duo Desktop Processor E6600 an excellent processor for an increasingly multimedia-centered and high-definition world.

Manufacturer Part# : BX80557E6600
Dell Part# : A0728625

Answer 5

As the other people said. Check there website. Also check Tigerdirect.com. If you need the socket type you can search there site for matching sockets. And when you find one your reviews are right there and the prices are amazing. Sorry for trying to sound like a sales person but im not lying here.

Answer 6

all i can see is you are headed towards disaster ....
first off, lga 775 is for desktops & sure not for the t5500

and if you insist > help yourself
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010340343+50001157+1389627504+1050722265&name=Core+2+Duo
mobile core 2 duo

and if lga 775 processor is what you wish to buy, plenty many on offer ... only that i cannnot help any further

& if you care to listen to me,
look no further than ram upgrades
use the notebook till it gets really intolerable, at which point buy new

Answer 7

If you go to powerleap.com and run their scan it should list the specs of your laptop and suggest compatible upgrades, they should have a process they recommend - personally I'd make a note of the processor and look around for the best deal.

Answer 8

Go to Acer's site to see what processors are supported by the motherboard! ;-)=