CPU Upgrade studio 1737

Question

I have a studio 1737 and want to upgrade the CPU it currently has a T3200 what can I upgrade it to ? :emotion-2:

gizmo32 · Accepted Answer

i have found a list on the net of compatible processors for the pm/gm 45 chipset but want to know what is the max the bios officially supports

As listed below

i was hoping to get a T9600 ,P9600 ,X7900 or Q9200 has any one upgraded to any of these successfully

sorry for the long list but some one might find it helpful as i definitively have

Socket P

Socket P supports some Core 2 Duo, Pentium Dual-Core and associated Celerons based on Merom and Penryn cores. These chips were produced from 2007 to the present.

Core 2 Duo

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 35

Core 2 Duo T6500 2100 2048 800 35

Core 2 Duo T6570 2100 2048 800 35

Core 2 Duo T6600 2200 2048 800 35

Core 2 Duo T6670 2200 2048 800 35

Penryn-3M

Core 2 Duo T8100 2100 3072 800

Core 2 Duo T8300 2400 3072 800

Core 2 Duo P7350 2000 3072 1066 25

Core 2 Duo P7370 2000 3072 1066 25

Core 2 Duo P7450 2133 3072 1066 25

Core 2 Duo P7550 2233 3072 1066 25

Core 2 Duo P8400 2233 3072 1066 25

Core 2 Duo P8600 2400 3072 1066 25

Core 2 Duo P8700 2533 3072 1066 25

Core 2 Duo P8800 2666 2072 1066 25

Penryn

Core 2 Duo T9300 2500 6144 800 35

Core 2 Duo T9500 2600 6144 800 35

Core 2 Duo P9500 2533 6144 1066 25

Core 2 Duo P9600 2667 6144 1066 25

Core 2 Duo P9700 2800 6144 1066 28

Core 2 Duo T9300 2500 6144 1066 35

Core 2 Duo T9400 2533 6144 1066 35

Core 2 Duo T9550 2667 6144 1066 35

Core 2 Duo T9600 2800 6144 1066 35

Core 2 Duo T9800 2933 6144 1066 35

Core 2 Duo T9900 3066 6144 1066 35

Chipsets

GM965 533/667/800

PM965 533/667/800

GM45 533/667/800/1066

PM45 533/667/800/1066

Core 2 Quad

Penryn QC

Core 2 Quad Q9100 2266 2/6144 1066 45

Core 2 Quad Q9200 2400 2/6144 1066 45

Penryn QC-6M

Core 2 Quad Q9000 2000 2/3072 1066 45

Core 2 Extreme

Merom XE

Core 2 Extreme X7800 2600 4096 800

Core 2 Extreme X7900 2800 4096 800

Penryn XE

Core 2 Extreme X9000 2800 6144 800

Core 2 Extreme X9100 3066 6144 1066

Penryn QC XE

Core 2 Extreme QX9300 2533 2/6144 1066

Chipsets

GM965 533/667/800

PM965 533/667/800

GM45 533/667/800/1066

PM45 533/667/800/1066

Pentium Dual-Core

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

Chipsets

GL960 533

GM965 533/667/800

PM965 533/667/800

GM45 533/667/800/1066

PM45 533/667/800/1066

Celeron M

Merom-L

Celeron M 520 1600 1024 533

Celeron M 530 1733 1024 533

Celeron M 540 1866 1024 533

Celeron M 550 2000 1024 533

Celeron M 560 2133 1024 533

Celeron M 570 2266 1024 533

Celeron 575 2000 1024 667

Celeron 585 2167 1024 667

Merom-2M

Celeron Dual-Core T1400 1733 512 533

Celeron Dual-Core T1500 1866 512 533

Celeron Dual-Core T1600 1666 1024 667

Celeron Dual-Core T1700 1833 1024 667

Penryn-3M

Celeron Dual-Core T3000 1800 1024 800

Celeron Dual-Core T3100 1900 1024 800

Chipsets

GL960 533

GM965 533/667/800

PM965 533/667/800

GM45 533/667/800/1066

PM45 533/667/800/1066

Iamsoda · Accepted Answer

Sir your list saved me a lot of time. I have some information to add to this bank of knowledge.

I called Dell and after pushing them to let me talk to someone with real smarts, I got the information I wanted. The models of CPU's you posted work with the socket, however only core 2 duo t and p have been tested and put in dell 1737. So some people have gotten the q models to work, but they have lowered their battery life, and degraded performance on other areas. Mod away, but t and p core 2 duo are the models that will work for sure with bios and all.

Michael

ejn63 · Answer

It should take most Core 2 Duo CPUs except for the Extreme Edition CPUs.  The newer Core i series will not work.

ejn63 · Answer

You can pretty much scratch the X and Q CPUs off the list - they either draw too much power or won't be supported by the board, since they never shipped in this model.

Iamsoda · Answer

Sir you saved me a lot of time.

I want to add to your post. I called dell tech support and got a real answer after begging to talk to a smart person. All core 2 duo models P and T are 100% tested and working for dell 1737. Other models in the list are not recommened, but might work, but there are performance issues that occur (heat, battery, life, etc). Someone put a quad core in and had power issues from the PSU. I am buying only a tested CPU.

Also they only put one type of GPU in this model just in case you are thinking of buying a different motherboard with a better GPU. :P

Hutchle · Answer

Also just to mention running a09 bios

Hutchle · Answer

Hello, I'm thinking of upgrading my laptop it's a 1737, from what you guys have said here the t7800 is compatible yes? As I have got one, put it in my laptop and it states " no microcode update loaded for booting processor"

Any idea's or help would be great

Iamsoda · Answer

I believe there is an updated bios further then that. You are referring to a Intel core 2 duo? Because the quad versions might fit, but according to some information I begged Dell for, only the core 2 dou are compatible. PS I run the t9900 core 2 dou. I know for fact it wouldn't be worth the upgrade, but there is a core 2 duo t8xxx that is really cheap on eBay.

Iamsoda · Answer

Thanks so much for your list, but I want to add some information I learned. According to your list these CPU's all match the socket size, however I wanted to know what was actually guaranteed compatible with bios as well as heat with the dell studio 1737. I spent 4 hours on the phone with dell trying to tall to someone, who knew what I meant. Here is the answer 'the dell 1737 shipped with any version of the core 2 duo txxxx dual core versions.' So in your list only the core 2 duo are guaranteed compatible.

Hutchle · Answer

Sorry yeah it's the intel core Duo t7800, which I thought was compatible so I was quite surprised when I came across the problem,  so you reckon there are newer bios that run on my laptop,  hhmmm I have tomorrow off of work I will have a bit of a look online and see if I can update it,  will let u know how I get on,  thanks for the info any more advice or help is greatly appreciated

Hutchle · Answer

just had a little look and it looks like the A09 are the newest BIOS for my model, so i might just be a bit screwed, more research will be done tomorrow though

Hutchle · Answer

Hello Forum people,

i have had a good look today and as i feared, im screwed the bios, do not go higher than A09 on my model (the 1737) so looks like im going to have to send back the processor and just settle with the T6670 intel core duo, i will wait a couple of days before i buy it unless anyone has and suggestions?

thanks for your help everyone

Iamsoda · Answer

ww w.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Duo-Mobile-T9400-2-53GHz-1066MHz-Laptop-CPU-Processor-SLB46-/371208286817?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item566dbcf261  It should work. Your other cpu must be dead.

gizmo32 · Answer

Hi IAMSODA

I Have a studio 1737 with the ATI graphics a couple of thing to not about about the laptops

1. they have 3-4 variants of the mobos 3 with the intel graphics and the ATI model.

2. The intel model boards can support 8G ram and up to C2D T9900

3. The ATI model can take a C2Q with some work (i.e) using Copper Shims on the Chipsets as it will get very hot and also supports 8G ram

as i said i have the ATI board and i am running bios A09 which is the highest rev and C2D T9600 4 g ram with 128 ssd For OS and 500g hdd for storage. Hope this info is helpful

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