Erich86 Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I've had someone tell me it's not compatible, can anyone confirm that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineLvr Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 The R1 is only compatible with the Sandy Bridge CPUs. So you are limited to the 2XXX series chips. I suggest going with a 2920XM or a 2960XM. They are still pretty powerful chips and can be picked up for decent prices now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onyoto Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 SkylineLVR is correct, the R1 (and all laptops built with the HM6x chipset) are only compatible with Sandy Bridge CPUs. On the desktop, however, many H/Z/P6x boards were able to be updated to support Ivy Bridge CPUs (this maybe the source of confusion).In theory, the R2 can support both Ivy and Sandy Bridge, although I have not tested it, I do know other models on the same generation were offered with sandy bridge dual core at launch because intially Ivy Bridge was only available in quad core (if you are wondering!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihaimoga Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 There was a video on youtube(i cant find it anymore) where a guys replaced his 2920xm with 3920xm in his M18x R1, but when he powered on the laptop, his screen was blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khenglish Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I'm still on the fence on if laptop makers never supported IVB on 6 series laptops due to a real hardware compatibility issue or just to make people buy new laptops. Long story short though, it won't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p4izanagi Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 nope. but you can replace your R1 motherboard with R2 motherboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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