Yes, I know most people will consider this system a dinosaur, but money is tight at the moment and this is what I have. I'd like to upgrade the CPU, which I can do for not much cost, but I want to get the most 'bang for my buck'. My system currectly has an E6600 CPU running at 2.4Ghz. I've already checked and know that the E6700 at 2.66Ghz is the highest officially supported processor. Economics By Michael Parkin Pdf Printer here. However I've seen people claim that you can use higher processors in this system. One post on another forum said that the E7600 was the fastest CPU the poster had gotten to work.
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Posts in these forums suggest that the E7600 will work, but that the FSB will only run at half speed unless you use a third-party program to change the clock speed. Supposedly that was required because the BIOS hadn't been updated to support CPUs higher than the E6700.
I have two questions; 1. Was the BIOS ever fixed, or is a third-party utility still needed to manually set the bus speed with the E7600? If so, is there a program that can be used to do this at each boot? Will using such a CPU in the DC7700 cause any stability issues? Download Aplikasi Photo Editor Untuk Hp Nokia. Or can the FSB speed accidentally get switched back by errant software between reboots?
I would be OK with having to have Windows run a small utility to change the FSB speed at each boot if it would give me a cheap (if minor) speed increase. What I would NOT be OK with would be having an unstable system, or one where the speed can get randomly downgraded by a software glitch. Why do I want extra speed? I like emulators and while I know the difference in CPUs wouldn't work miracles, it might just be enough to make some of the games that lag slightly, play at the proper speed. Besides, why not upgrade to the fastest CPU possible if I can do it for a fraction of the cost of a new system? 3.06Ghz E7600 chips can be found on eBay for under $10. Thank you for the reply.
I'd be fine with creating a script to execute when Windows starts (although I'd have to Google how to actually get it to execute said script), however, I'm a little fuzzy on the actual command(s) that I need to use and so far Googling hasn't been much help. I've read that I need to use CPUID to change the multiplier to 11.5, and seen the command line arguments for hiding the main window and enabing muliplier management, but beyond that, I'm a little unsure of the process. Am I correct in thinking that the multiplier needs to be set separately for each processor? If so, it seems that I need to use; CrystalCPUID.exe /HIDE /CQ /F1 /P1 /E CrystalCPUID.exe /HIDE /CQ /F1 /P2 /E Is this correct?
Also, if I install an E7600 @ 3.06Ghz, do you think my current Heatsink and fan will be enough? This is what I currently have (the fan is sandwiched in the middle of the heatsink); Finally, my BIOS is only V01.10, so I assume I would need to flash it to 1.16? If so, can you give me some reassurance that this is a fairly reliable and painless procedure? I downloaded the 1.16 BIOS and looked at the instructions and it seems simple enough, but I've never actually flashed a system BIOS before.
I'm actually a little afraid to. I get nervous when I update drivers.:) Side question; Why is it that driver/firmware filenames never match the instructions? Drivers Epson Dfx 8500 Error more. They claim the file is called 'SoftPaq.exe' when it's actually called 'sp54368.exe'. And why do all driver and firmware updates have such cryptic names? What's wrong with 'BIOS 786E1 V01.16.exe'? Or if they want an eight character name 'BIOS116.exe'?
Or even '786E1116.exe'?:). You're very welcome. Unfortunately, I wouldn't know how to get the utility to automatically run. Heat sink.If that is the stock HP heat sink, it should be fine. HP does not offer any other optional heat sinks for other processors. They have one type for the CMT and one for the SFF.