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quest
Journeyman III
‎02-05-2018 05:56 AM

Processor change

I have a working DX4350-UR21P Gateway Phenom II x6 6-core 2.9 Ghz computer I bought new in 2012. I tried to switch/put in a Phenom II x6 6-core 3.2 Ghz processor, and it is not working. Is there a way to get it to work? I just wanted to try to make it a little faster. I have faster systems, but my question is about this one. Please tell me. It seems like it is very possible.

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black_zion
MVP
‎02-05-2018 07:35 AM

OEM computers have very limited CPU support, you can't just drop in any CPU. Also, as bankrupt Gateway didn't publish upgrade capabilities, there is quite possibly no upgrade path for them.

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quest
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Journeyman III
‎02-05-2018 08:57 AM

ok girl. somebody maybe knows how. i have no more hope.

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pokester
MVP
‎02-07-2018 02:02 PM

Your old cpu was a 95 watt cpu and your new one is a 125 watt cpu. Your motherboard may not support the higher voltage. Alot of oem's at that time were using up older motherboards from the original phenom cpus and 95w phenom ii's would work on them but not the 125w cpu's.

So sorry you are out of luck. Good news is that 1090t is still very easy to unload on ebay.

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quest
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Journeyman III
‎02-10-2018 05:11 PM

I returned it to the Ebay seller and asked if they wanted to build a computer with the processor. I have not had a reply. I am not eager to try anything with this right now.

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