Re: Upgrade processor?

2012-01-20 Thread MarckOliver Gmail
The only thing, i think you have to keep in mind (as I have one white CoreDuo iMac 17 and tested a little), is that the processor have to be a Meron Core 2 Duo or it will not turn on at all. I have tried a Penrin C2D and it did not worked! Marcelo Andrade +55 81 81521304 [Vivo] PSN ID:

Re: Upgrade processor?

2012-01-14 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 10, 2012, at 6:00 PM, Jim Scott wrote: On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:03 AM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I read on Everymac that the processors in the white iMacs are swappable. I have a iMac 20 2.0 Core Duo and would like to put in a 2.16 Core 2 Duo. Has any one done this? John Carmonne

Re: Upgrade processor?

2012-01-14 Thread Jim Scott
On Jan 10, 2012, at 6:23 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Jan 10, 2012, at 6:00 PM, Jim Scott wrote: On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:03 AM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I read on Everymac that the processors in the white iMacs are swappable. I have a iMac 20 2.0 Core Duo and would like to put in a 2.16

Re: Upgrade processor?

2012-01-14 Thread Christopher Satterfield
The 2.16 would be a T7600, the fastest 667 MHz Core 2 Duo Mobile made. I don't believe they made any 800 MHz FSB Core Duo processors so I would try and find a T7600 for the max speed. If you aren't worried about speed a T5800 or a T7200 would also work, neither are that much slower than the other

Upgrade processor?

2012-01-10 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
I read on Everymac that the processors in the white iMacs are swappable. I have a iMac 20 2.0 Core Duo and would like to put in a 2.16 Core 2 Duo. Has any one done this? John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 From iMac Core Duo 2.0 -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: Upgrade processor?

2012-01-10 Thread Christopher Satterfield
I believe the CPUs in the Core Duo and Core 2 Duo iMacs are Laptop processors, at least the 2007 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo iMac I worked on had the CPU identified by CPU-Z in Bootcamp with XP as a Mobile Core 2 Duo. As for upgrading, I'm sure it's possible. It was possible in the Mac Mini's so I don't

Re: Upgrade processor?

2012-01-10 Thread Jim Scott
On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:03 AM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I read on Everymac that the processors in the white iMacs are swappable. I have a iMac 20 2.0 Core Duo and would like to put in a 2.16 Core 2 Duo. Has any one done this? John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 From iMac Core Duo 2.0 Yes,