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by naton
Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:51 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: I just want to understand why it is not working...thanks
Replies: 3
Views: 4902

It is possible Gateway has locked the upgrade to Turions because the laptop hardware cannot handle them... Ask Gateway... I contacted them in the past about the upgrade but they didn't want to help. My laptop uses the same bios as the one used in other gateway laptops that are shiped with Turion X2...
by naton
Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:19 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: I just want to understand why it is not working...thanks
Replies: 3
Views: 4902

I just want to understand why it is not working...thanks

Hi there, I have a gateway ML3108b laptop (AMD socket S1, North Bridge: nVidia C51MV, South Bridge: MCP51 ) My laptop has a Sempron CPU. I tried to upgrade it to a Turion X2 (same socket) and it didn't work. I tried a TL50, a TL52 and a TL60. Although they are correctly identified in the bios, the l...
by naton
Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:32 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Gateway ML3108b processor upgrade
Replies: 0
Views: 3914

Gateway ML3108b processor upgrade

My attempt to upgrade the CPU in my Gateway ML3108b from a Sempron to a Turion X2 TL50 did not go as I expected. The CPU is correctly identified by the bios, but somehow the computer fails to load Windows and instead it displays the following message: "FATAL ERROR !!! Please change CPU!!!". I also t...