MacBook Pro Early 2006 Core Duo to Core 2 Duo Upgrade

[Octal450]

Hello,
Yesterday I made an experiment.

I tried to put Core 2 Duo T7200 onto a MacBookPro1,1 820-1993 logic board in place of the original Core Duo T2500.

The result is successful! In the future maybe I will try to put a faster CPU like T7600. It's the fastest Merom CPU available and Penryn does not work with i945 chipset!

T7200 reballed with 0.76mm eutectic lead solder ball

The 820-1993 (MacBookPro1,1) with T7200 CPU installed

Lion installed via PlatformSupport.plist deletion and modified OSInstall.mkpg

I made a short video about the process:

I am interested to try other upgrades sometime as well.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Kind Regards,
Josh

 

[TSE]

That is amazing. Great job. So, so cool that you were able to do that.

Thank you for sharing that with us and I hope you continue to do this great tinkering and share on the forum.

I used the very latest MacBook Pro with that design - I think it was early 2008? Really cool.

 

[Octal450]

Thanks! Glad you liked it. I'll share if/when I do any more.

Actually I wanted to repair 2008 MBP with defective graphics card. Maybe sometime

Kind Regards,
Josh

 

[bmcgrath]

Amazing this kit is still working! I had this laptop in a Core 1 fitting and it's now defunct. (Has been for a while! haha)