Acer :: Extensa 4630G (aka Travelmate 4730G) CPU Upgrade + Pics (56k Warning!)

I got my laptop this morning, and I was practically overspeeding (well, not really) just so I could go home and do my thang with it. So when I got home, I updated it to SP2 (since I restored it before sending it in for repair) and did the miscellaneous software tweaks I could think of as yet.

And then, it's time for the CPU Upgrade! Wooooooot!

I. Introduction: How was my laptop (dubbed Ciel Noir v1.0) before?

Originally, my notebook came with an Intel T5800. Undervolted at 1.0500v, it ran cool enough at 2.00GHz, and I thought it had a busted thermal sensor since only the ACPI layer temp was working, and the Core 0 and 1 would show anomalous temps of either 4C or 20C or something lower or a bit higher.

Last month I ordered a T9600 from eBay (2.80GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 6M L2 Cache) and I only had an opportunity to install it today. Let's move on.

II. Tests for the T5800

I ran a test on how fast the T5800 boots from the Vista progress bar until when it loads www.yahoo.com (my homepage). Here's what it got:

Test 1: ~ 1:32.01
Test 2: ~ 1:31.00
Test 3: ~ 1:31.95

Sadly I didn't get the chance to record it since the phone I was using for timing it was the same phone I would have used to take a video of it. (My mom is in Singapore and she brought our vidcam lol). So I guess, an average of one and a half minutes is a good baseline.

III. Disassembly, my favorite part

So after I got those times, I shut down the laptop and then got on with disassembly! Yeah~~

I was helped by a service guide I grabbed somewhere, but it shows a Travelmate 4730G--but it kinda looked like (and had the same specs) as my 4630G, aside from three extra screws and an inverted LCD screw assembly (as far as I got into it lol)

So no more waiting, here are the photos:

Here are snaps of when I had the T5800 still inside:

The core temps are inaccurate--like I said I think my mobo sensors are turned off or something.

Here's when I already removed the HDD, RAM and the WLAN board:
BTW when you remove the battery pack, there would be five scews (seven in m 4630G) that yo should take off to remove the switch covers..........................