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Message #01973
Re: Replace i5 with i7, will this have an effect on Optimus?
Although I have an Asus laptop, it has a i7-2630QM CPU model, and it's
still comes uses integrated and discreet (nvidia optimus) graphics, so
perhaps just swapping out CPUs is not enough.
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 13:46, Joshua Gillies <josh.gillies@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Defiantly, this will unfortunately not an option for everyone. I'd suggest
> digging around in Google to see whether other users with your model laptop
> have taken to opening theirs up to swap out the CPU. For me the following
> thread has been a wealth of knowledge in regards to all kinds of 'mods'
> people are doing to the Dell XPS L401X:
> http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-xps-studio-xps/531042-dell-xps-14-l401x-thread.html
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> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Bruno Pagani <bruno.n.pagani@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> That's not possible for every model, because one of the conditions is to
>> use a Core i7 QM processor, which doesn't fit everywhere, and especially
>> not in a 1215n...
>>
>> Le 21/12/2011 12:28, turgut kalfaoğlu a écrit :
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>> So you mean its possible to replace the CPU of, say, asus 1215n with
>>> something that solely has Nvidia?
>>> That would be a big winner for me too..
>>>
>>> -turgut
>>>
>>>
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Replace i5 with i7, will this have an effect on Optimus?
From: Joshua Gillies, 2011-12-20
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Re: Replace i5 with i7, will this have an effect on Optimus?
From: Joshua Gillies, 2011-12-20
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Re: Replace i5 with i7, will this have an effect on Optimus?
From: turgut kalfaoğlu, 2011-12-21
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Re: Replace i5 with i7, will this have an effect on Optimus?
From: Bruno Pagani, 2011-12-21
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Re: Replace i5 with i7, will this have an effect on Optimus?
From: Joshua Gillies, 2011-12-21