Upgrade Late 2006 17in iMac core 2 duo 2.0 to core 2 quad q6600?

[drjaymez]

I know plenty of people upgraded their core duo to core 2 duo. Not sure if anybody ever tried a core2 duo to core 2 quad? Sockets look compatible. Not sure if the iMac would recognize it, and if it did, what speed it would set the processor at.

I've acquired a late 2006 iMac with a broken display that I plan to use as a small OSX Lion server. I'm not in a hurry to take it apart, but thinking about potential.

If nobody can definitively say it WONT work, maybe I'll give it a try some day and take pics. The chips are less than $100 used these days. And I've only got about $100 in the iMac. The time and effort involved with the possibility of it all being futile are the biggest downsides in my mind.

 

[will592]

Doing the same thing

I actually have the quad core cpu on my desk ready to go in a 24" version of the same machine. Have you tried it yet? I'll let you know how it works out for me!

 

[drjaymez]

I ordered it from eBay today actually. Did you try yet? I will have to take down the work wiki server and have a good half-day to fiddle with it, so I'm not sure when I'll get to it.

 

[flopticalcube]

iMac CPU = Socket M
Q6600 = Socket 775

Won't fit.

 

[drjaymez]

iMac CPU = Socket M
Q6600 = Socket 775

Won't fit.

I sure thought it was 775 but heck, i don't know.

This thread is more enlightening

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/812500/

 

[flopticalcube]

I sure thought it was 775 but heck, i don't know.

This thread is more enlightening

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/812500/

Yeah, no. They moved to the desktop processors in 2009. The earlier models are all socket P or socket M (laptop sockets). T7600 (2.33GHz Core 2 Duo) is the fastest socket M processor.

 

[drjaymez]

Low end Mac confirms socket M
http://lowendmac.com/imacs/imac-core2-duo-late-2006.html

Doh! Looks like I've got a paperweight!

Thanks flopticalcube.