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‎04-29-2013 02:57 AM

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I Have a HP 6720s Laptop. It has an Intel Celeron Processor. How can I find what chipset is on the board? I upgraded to a Core 2 Duo T7500 processor. The laptop does not always boot properly. The screen is completely garbled and sometimes black after booting. I have put the original processor back in and everything is ok. I'm assuming I have the wrong chipset on board? Is there a flash Bios upgrade so that I can upgrade the processor?

 

Regards

 

Mark

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‎04-29-2013 05:59 AM

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Hi, Mark:

 

Below is the link to the quickspecs for your notebook.

 

Page 3 indicates your PC has the Mobile Intel GLE960 Express Chipset since it came with a Celeron processor.

 

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12759_na/12759_na.PDF

 

Below is the link to the Intel chipset specs which show the compatible processors.

 

The FSB only supports 533 MHz processors, so if you want to experiment with a Pentium C2D processor, you will need to select one that has a 533 MHz FSB.

 

http://ark.intel.com/products/32287/Intel-82GLE960-Graphics-and-Memory-Controller

 

No BIOS flash will fix the issue you have.

 

No guarantees whatsoever that it will work because I never tried it, but maybe the T5300 will work.

 

That would be the fastest 533 MHz Pentium C2D processor I know of.

 

I see them going on eBay in used but tested and working condition for as low as $10.00 delivered.

 

Maybe you want to take a gamble on one of those.

 

Regards,

 

Paul

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