the ability to run a penryn based T8xxx or T9xxx CPU on your T61/p will depend on your motherboard and doesn't have anything to do with the BIOS.
to start go to the IBM warranty page here 这里 and enter your type and serial number.
You'll then get a page detailing each component in your system with a FRU number.
Scroll down and look for 'SYSTEM PLANAR'. Mine states 42W7652 as the FRU.
From my reviews of what people have got to work on their systems and the maintenance manual I've concluded the following.
Merom based T7xxx CPU's will work on the following motherboards
- 42W7651,
- 42W7652,
- 42W7653, and
- 42W7875.
Penyrn based T8xxx and T9xxx CPU's will work on the following motherboards
- 42W7876, and
- 42W7877.
查了一下我自己的主板是42W7655 升级CPU到T9500会报错的
为什么会报错呢 传感器不同哦
T61 has two types of temperature sensors being an analogue one and a digital one.
Newer penryn processors seem to use a digital thermal sensor and installing one of these into a T61 which has an analogue sensor throws a "thermal sensing error" message upon bootup.