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Upgrade Q8200 to Q8400?

idata
Employee
‎10-05-2010 07:13 AM
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I have a Dell Studio 840 with Dell mobo "0M017G A00". Currently it has a Core2Quad Q8200 CPU. Unfortunately, I need hardware virtualization to use VMWare for testing OSX. Can I do a direct replacement with a Q8400 and expect success? Does anything else need to be done?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

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Adolfo_S_Intel2
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‎10-05-2010 08:35 AM
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Since you have a DELL* system I would recommend contacting them so they can provide you a list of supported processors for your DELL* system.

Keep in mind that the compatiblity between the motherboard and the processor is determined by the system manufacturer, not by the processor manufacturer.

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‎10-05-2010 09:15 AM
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Thanks, Adolfo. But, as you can probably guess, Dell's help is non-existent for this issue. They sell computers, but not much support afterwards.

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