Changing the processor of the Acer 5930g (P8400 to T9600)
January 29th, 2009
Hello to all, today and specially to the Acer 5930g forums. I’m going to change a P8400 processor, and we will put a T9600 instead.
- Remove the laptop battery
- Remove the screws on the back cover
- Remove the cover with a plectrum, or anything similar (made of plastic)
- When opening the cover, we must locate the 9 screws of the heat sink (2 in the chipset, 3 in the processor and 4 in the graphic adapter)
- BE CAREFUL with the graphic adapter screws, because they are very soft, and you will ned a good screwdriver.
- Now remove the two tiny screws from the fan (warning, they can fall into the PC, and if this happen, you must dissasembly more parts
- We must take care with the heat sink, we must have some skill because it’s a little fit, but once removed the fan it’s easy
- Release P8400 processor with a flat screwdriver, giving 3/4 turn to the plastic screw,you must hear a “click” and it will be released.
- And here are the two monsters :) , one sais “goodbye” and the other one sais “hello”.
- Clear the graphic adapter contact surfaces with alcohol
- The 9600M GT core cleaned!
- Now use the thermal grease, it will be better to spred a little into the heat sink and a little (very little) in the chips (very spread)
- DON’T REMOVE THE DEFAULT GREASE FROM THE GRAPHIC ADAPTER MEMORIES because they need to be into contact with the heat sink. I only added a little more of thermal grease.
- It’s also recommended to clean the heat sink with alcohol
And that’s the end!! All is ready and mounted, now we must power up the computer and enjoy with our T9600, soon I will write about the benchmarks into the 3D mark, and how to OC the graphic card to the limits. Now I have 7614 marks!! A NEW RECORD!!
