> If you have any other reading material on the entire process I would love to see some more.
I will be not able to comply to entire process, but here is a bit more... I guess, important below: (finding CPUID [CPUID 0x306A9 (SR0MM)] on the following www page): http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i7/Intel-Core%20i7-3720QM%20(BGA)%20Mobile%20processor.html Then, please, read this, in order to determine the latest MCU (seems microcode-m12306a9_00000019): https://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2014-January/077013.html Good Luck! :-) Zoran On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 8:55 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome response to my question, thanks for breaking it all down. I'm not > as savvy as I'd like to be when doing these sort of modifications, so I'm > trying to wrap my head around all of this. > > Where would one go about finding this MCU to be entered at config. I > really hope I can learn to understand this more to be fully prepared to > tackle this job. > > If you have any other reading material on the entire process I would love > to see some more. It seems slightly too technical for me thus leading to > my hesitancy towards flashing this. > > -- > Securely sent with Tutanota. Claim your encrypted mailbox today! > https://tutanota.com > > 26. Aug 2016 22:57 by [email protected]: > > Let us try to understand what is i7-3720QM for itself? To find out, we'll > ask our good friend ark.intel.com: > http://ark.intel.com/products/64891/Intel-Core-i7-3720QM- > Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHz > > Important points: 4 (Quad) Core, 8 HTs, TDP 45W, DDR3/DDR3L 1333/1666MHz, > GFX base FREQ 650MHz, GFX Device ID 0x0166 . > > As I see from: https://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/t420 > vBIOS (64KB) file pci8086,0166.rom does exist, so GFX wise Coreboot is > supported. I guess, IVB FSP does support as well i7-3720QM, with built-in > MRC algorithms for DDR3 (1.5V) and DDR3L (1.35V) 1333/1666MHz. > > The only one thing here to take care of is new MCU to be entered in > config: it is after all sku specific (new sku demands new MCU). > > And one more important point, economy wise, this sku costs around $350 > USD. If you do have these monies, IVB is 61% more PM efficient then its > counterpart SNB (currently present in yout T420 laptop). :-) > > Good Luck! > Zoran > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 6:08 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> https://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/t420 >> >> How stable is the i7-3720qm CPU Upgrade in the t420? You guys have it >> listed under the tested portion. I want to grab myself one, but would want >> to see if it's worth my time to upgrade the CPU, or just go with something >> more powerful. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> coreboot mailing list: [email protected] >> https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot >> > >
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