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823996 2009-10-25 05:42:00 Hi,
I have a HP Compaq dx7300 Microtower.

It currently has a Intel Core 2 Duo Ei300 1.86Ghz CPU.

I was hoping to upgrade it to a E6700 2.67Ghz Intel Core 2 duo which I understand is compatible with my mother board which is a Hewlett-Packard 0A50h.

I have searched for one of these and it appears that it is no longer available.

My Bios is a Hewlett-Packard 786E1 v01.os 30/08/06.

Are there any other CPU's of similar power that would work with the above?

Thanks

Grb
grb (7453)
823997 2009-10-26 05:53:00 Ooops,
Tha should read "It currently has a Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86Ghz CPU."

grb
grb (7453)
823998 2009-10-26 06:00:00 I would think most dual cores would work check the mobo manufactures site for compatibility gary67 (56)
823999 2009-10-26 08:48:00 Since it is the same generation of processor I would be very surprised if it didn't work ScreaminGherkin (14811)
824000 2009-10-26 09:17:00 The motherboard is physically capable of taking on all Core 2 Duos/Quads, but the BIOS may not be compatible with some of the later CPUs. You need to contact HP with your PC model and most importantly the BIOS version. You may need a BIOS flash to upgrade to E6x50 line of CPUs. For E8x00 CPUs you'll most likely to need a BIOS flash, if it is availble. qazwsxokmijn (102)
824001 2009-10-26 09:33:00 Do you think it will do things better? Hope you are not disappointed. PENTIUM (426)
824002 2009-10-26 20:23:00 What sort of things do you do that use the CPU heavily? PENTIUM has a point. Don't forget, they all wait at the same speed:D linw (53)
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