Have gotten my hands on a older laptop, a Lifebook A-series A-530 from Fujitsu. As it stands, it needs a new keyboard, so i started thinking about giving it an upgrade of mobo, cpu and ram.
Does anybody have experience in that?
Is it worth the hassle? in question price on parts vs. a decent prebuild new machine.
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Binaries
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CPU-Z version 1.76.0.x64
Processors
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Number of processors 1
Number of threads 4
APICs
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Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Thread 1 1
-- Core 2
-- Thread 0 4
-- Thread 1 5
Timers
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ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
HPET timer 14.318 MHz
Perf timer 2.338 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz
Processors Information
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Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 8)
Number of threads 4 (max 16)
Name Intel Core i3 370M
Codename Arrandale
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 989 rPGA (0x4)
CPUID 6.5.5
Extended CPUID 6.25
Core Stepping K0
Technology 32 nm
TDP Limit 25.0 Watts
Core Speed 2394.3 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 18.0 x 133.0 MHz
Rated Bus speed 2394.3 MHz
Stock frequency 2400 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 3 MBytes, 12-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
Turbo Mode not supported
Max turbo frequency 2400 MHz
Max non-turbo ratio 18x
Max turbo ratio 18x
Max efficiency ratio 7x
TDC Limit 25 Amps
Max bus number 255
Attached device PCI device at bus 255, device 2, function 1
Temperature 0 50°C (122°F) [0x28] (Core #0)
Power 0 1.47 W (Package)
Chipset
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Northbridge Intel Havendale/Clarkdale Host Bridge rev. 02
Southbridge Intel HM55 rev. 05
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 4 GBytes
Channels Dual, (Symmetric)
Memory Frequency 532.1 MHz (4:16)
CAS# latency (CL) 7.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 7
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 7
Cycle Time (tRAS) 20
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 86
Command Rate (CR) 1T
Host Bridge 0x0044
Host Bridge 0x2C62
Host Bridge 0x2D01
Host Bridge 0x2D10
Host Bridge 0x2D11
Host Bridge 0x2D12
Host Bridge 0x2D13
Memory SPD
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DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR3
Module format SO-DIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Samsung (CE000000000000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
Part number M471B5773DH0-CH9
Serial number 9725D3EB
Manufacturing date Week 18/Year 11
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 5.0-5-5-14-19 @ 380 MHz
JEDEC #2 6.0-6-6-17-23 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #3 7.0-7-7-20-27 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #4 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 609 MHz
JEDEC #5 9.0-9-9-24-33 @ 666 MHz
DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x52
Memory type DDR3
Module format SO-DIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Hyundai Electronics (AD000000000000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
Part number HMT325S6BFR8C-H9
Serial number 28264172
Manufacturing date Week 10/Year 11
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 5.0-5-5-14-19 @ 380 MHz
JEDEC #2 6.0-6-6-17-23 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #3 7.0-7-7-20-27 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #4 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 609 MHz
JEDEC #5 9.0-9-9-24-33 @ 666 MHz
Monitoring
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Mainboard Model FJNBB06 (0x000001C8 - 0x00602A36)
LPCIO
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Hardware Monitors
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Hardware monitor ACPI
Temperature 0 50°C (122°F) [0xCA0] (THRM)
Hardware monitor Battery
Voltage 0 3.81 Volts [0xEE0] (Current Voltage)
Capacity 0 47520 mWh [0xB9A0] (Designed Capacity)
Capacity 1 43816 mWh [0xAB28] (Full Charge Capacity)
Capacity 2 42887 mWh [0xA787] (Current Capacity)
Level 0 8 pc [0x5C] (Wear Level)
Level 1 98 pc [0x61] (Charge Level)
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Quote from: Deminion;412587Is it worth the hassle?
No it's not. You're practically building a new machine, plus its a laptop.. Wouldn't suggest any form of upgrade apart from ram and ssd in one.
If it was to replace a broken keyboard then fine but I agree too much hassle and very expensive. Unless your bored and want a challenge.
I'd have to agree with Gorion & Toby. I reckon it will be more hassle and cost than it's worth. Plug in a normal keyboard and install linux on it for some fun instead.