Help with upgrading processor for lenovo z61t

[maplepecan]

What processors could I use with this laptop?

[Senzelian]

I can't say for sure without knowing what the CPU is that you currently have in that machine, but it seems to use the Socket M standard.

That'd mean you could use CPUs of the following architecture:

• Core Solo
• Core Duo
• Core 2 Solo
• Core 2 Duo

The name of the mechanical socket is mPGA478MT.

 

 

Hopefully, that's helpful, but again, I can't say for sure this info is correct, without knowing the specific CPU that is currently installed.

[maplepecan]

6 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

I can't say for sure without knowing what the CPU is that you currently have in that machine, but it seems to use the Socket M standard.

That'd mean you could use CPUs of the following architecture:

• Core Solo
• Core Duo
• Core 2 Solo
• Core 2 Duo

The name of the mechanical socket is mPGA478MT.

 

 

Hopefully, that's helpful, but again, I can't say for sure this info is correct, without knowing the specific CPU that is currently installed.

I have the core duo t2500. I am looking for a compatible 64-bit cpu. thanks

[SenKa]

3 minutes ago, maplepecan said:

I have the core duo t2500. I am looking for a compatible 64-bit cpu. thanks

The best you're getting is the Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7600. It is a 64 bit dual core without hyperthreading.

 

Still very anemic by 2018 standards, as being a Core 2 series chip it can trace rather direct lineage back to the Pentium III. 

 

But, they only run $22 from Shenzhen, so worth it to keep an old laptop going for a little longer. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Duo-T7600-2-33GHz-4MB-667-MHz-Socket-M-PGA478-CPU-Processor-Tested/254179215867?epid=74069245&hash=item3b2e4309fb:g:SckAAOSwevtcm2~f

[maplepecan]

2 minutes ago, SenpaiKaplan said:

The best you're getting is the Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7600. It is a 64 bit dual core without hyperthreading.

 

Still very anemic by 2018 standards, as being a Core 2 series chip it can trace rather direct lineage back to the Pentium III. 

 

But, they only run $22 from Shenzhen, so worth it to keep an old laptop going for a little longer. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Duo-T7600-2-33GHz-4MB-667-MHz-Socket-M-PGA478-CPU-Processor-Tested/254179215867?epid=74069245&hash=item3b2e4309fb:g:SckAAOSwevtcm2~f

sorry if its obvious, so if I put the core 2 duo t7600 into my laptop that has a core duo t2500, it should work fine?

[Senzelian]

14 minutes ago, maplepecan said:

I have the core duo t2500. I am looking for a compatible 64-bit cpu. thanks

It looks like all these CPUs should fit:
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codename/2673/yonah.html

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/search/featurefilter.html?productType=873&1_Filter-SocketsSupported=3665

It's important that the CPU fits into a PBGA478 / PBGA479 socket!
But I can't guarantee that the CPU works, as your motherboard might need a BIOS update or outright doesn't support it at all!

[SenKa]

4 minutes ago, maplepecan said:

sorry if its obvious, so if I put the core 2 duo t7600 into my laptop that has a core duo t2500, it should work fine?

Yep! Make sure to update to the latest BIOS on your old CPU to be safe. If you happened to get an earlier production run, the BIOS on it may not support the CPU.

 

4 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

It looks like all these CPUs should fit:
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codename/2673/yonah.html

It's important that the CPU fits into a PBGA478 / PBGA479 socket!
But I can't guarantee that the CPU works, as your motherboard might need a BIOS update or outright doesn't support it at all!

Best CPU that is supported by Lenovo is the one I cited, the T7600.

[Senzelian]

1 minute ago, SenpaiKaplan said:

Yep! Make sure to update to the latest BIOS on your old CPU to be safe. If you happened to get an earlier production run, the BIOS on it may not support the CPU.

 

Best CPU that is supported by Lenovo is the one I cited, the T7600.

Does Lenovo have a list of CPUs that are supported for that laptop or is that just what they shipped it with?

[maplepecan]

6 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

Does Lenovo have a list of CPUs that are supported for that laptop or is that just what they shipped it with?

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:Z61t it says that it is compatible with the core 2 duo.

[maplepecan]

Thank you everyone. I think that I will get a core 2 duo cpu. 

[SenKa]

2 hours ago, Senzelian said:

Does Lenovo have a list of CPUs that are supported for that laptop or is that just what they shipped it with?

I pulled that off their supported list, ye.