When was dell inspiron 530s made

I saw some posts in the forums where people have stated that they upgraded their processors, but I just got off the phone with Dell and was told that this is impossible. Can anyone help me figure out if this is possible, and how I go about it if I can't get the parts from Dell? Go to Solution. And if so, that means I need to upgrade my power supply and getting the g33m03 motherboard, correct? Is this a difficult thing to physically upgrade?

Keeping in mind, the only things I have ever upgraded are my video card, and a hard drive. View solution in original post. The Dell Techie does not know what they are talking about.

The Inspiron processor can be upgraded. Regards to buying the parts, it's best to look for third party vendors, as the parts for the Inspiron series are EOL.

There are actually two versions of the Inspiron made by Dell, which are not differentiated in their specifications. When ordered in any other configuration, the is typically equipped with a FoxConn G33m02 motherboard and a W power supply. The G33m02 and DG33m03 are essentially identical except for the power regulation section of the motherboard.

Essentially, the G33m02 is a depopulated [cheaper] version of the board which only has 6 voltage regulator IC's as opposed to the 11 voltage regulators on the DG33m Inspiron systems sold with Pentium Dual-Core or Core 2 Duo processors cannot be upgraded to Core 2 Quad processors without adding at least a W power supply and swapping the motherboards to the DG33M03 version..

Intel Pentium Dual-Core 1. Conroe E, 3. On the other hand , the system information software Dell ships on its other systems can be useful. For other support, Dell provides the same level of coverage as its built-to-order PCs. The warranty covers parts and labor for one year, and you get a toll-free phone line and a variety of useful resources at Dell's Web site if you need technical support.

You'll also likely have to fend off Best Buy's service and support up-selling if you purchase this system in a store. Find out more about how we test desktop systems. Rich Brown. Pricing Not Available. The Good Fastest desktop in its price range; large hard drive; decent amount of upgrade room. Limited variety of external ports; slower PCs with similar specifications available for less. Other budget PCs might have fancier bells and whistles, but we like this desktop for its cheap speed.

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Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by shesagordie Solved. Nigelt74 2 Bronze. Now theres my problem Some of the cheap used processors available locally seem to not match those numbers and they seem to be a bit cheape than the ones that do match up for instance E, E, E what about these processors prevents them working? All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Solution 1. Accepted Solutions. Community Accepted Solution.

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