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eMachines W5243 processor upgrade
Hey, i'm thinking about swapping out my W5243 emachine's athlon 64 3800+ processor for an amd phenom 9950 quad core, and i need to know if i can do so without any problems or serious issues. now i now my mother board has an AM2 socket and the processor i want has is AM2+ but i read AM2+ will work in AM2 sockets, while losing some capabilities.
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07-15-2009, 05:24 PM
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Re: eMachines W5243 processor upgrade
Your best bet is Email eMachines support and see if they will provide a CPU support list, if the OEM eMachines bios does not support it it will not work.
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07-16-2009, 05:40 AM
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Re: eMachines W5243 processor upgrade
phenoms are NOT going to be usuable on that emachine board ....
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