ThaSoulHacker Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I'm wondering whether or not my iMac Core Duo 2.0 GHz can be upgraded to a Core 2 Duo Santa Rosa chip. I know Merom works and I'm fine with upgrading to that as a last resort, but can Santa Rosa be done? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58742-santa-rosa-upgrade-possible/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 no, the cpus are soldered onto the motherboard. if you want to get a SR motherboard with a cpu on it, you could theoreticaly swap out the old one and have a home built sr macbook pro Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58742-santa-rosa-upgrade-possible/#findComment-418978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Santa Rosa is a platform, not a processor. The Merom and Penryn processors are both used with the Santa Rosa platform. Upgrading to Santa Rosa would mean replacing the motherboard, which currently can't be done (at least can't be done and have it still be an iMac). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58742-santa-rosa-upgrade-possible/#findComment-418979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I'm wondering whether or not my iMac Core Duo 2.0 GHz can be upgraded to a Core 2 Duo Santa Rosa chip. I know Merom works and I'm fine with upgrading to that as a last resort, but can Santa Rosa be done? BTW there's not a huge difference between core duo 2.0 ghz and core 2 duo 2.33, which would cost a lot of $$$. It's faster, but not hugely faster. This is just my opinion, and prices will come down etc. I'm just saying. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58742-santa-rosa-upgrade-possible/#findComment-419108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaSoulHacker Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 The CPU is not soldered onto the motherboard and can be upgraded to a mobile Core 2 Duo socket 479. Caslon (member of this forum) upgraded his 20 inch Core Duo iMac to at Mobile Core 2 Duo T7600 2.33 GHz. And I just picked up a magazine this past weekend detailing how to take apart the iMac and upgrade to those processors, but it never mentioned about the new updated mobile Core 2 Duo's released in April or May. The MacBook Pro now uses them, but I'm not sure if it works or not in the iMac. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58742-santa-rosa-upgrade-possible/#findComment-419617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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