Comments on: Upgrading the AMD CPU on an Acer 5532 Laptop

By: TrashMonkey

TrashMonkey — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:42:12 +0000

It is HIGHLY NOT RECOMMENDED to do this upgrade at 2:00am…(or I just struggle) Rebooting the system after powering on after the cpu install windows recognized it and all is well.

By: TrashMonkey

TrashMonkey — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:04:48 +0000

I just put in the TL-64 and the notebook is running fine. Windows however is not recognizing the new cpu. I’ve repaired and worked on desktops enough that I’m comfortable with drivers etc… however when it comes to “the brain” I get a bit nervous. Am I okay leaving the TF-20 driver in there and just installing the TL-64 driver? Do I need to worry about the 64 driver at all? Any thoughts?

By: Bung

Bung — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:23:13 +0000

Just bought a used 5532-5535 and want to upgrade the processor. Unfortunately I find this process ridiculously daunting. I replaced a bunch of hard drives, optical drives, RAM, etc. in desktops, but looking at the service guide and what’s required to get to the processor on this doesn’t make me comfortable. I simply don’t think I could put the damn thing back together again! A shame, too, since it has a great display but simply doesn’t play even low-res video smoothly with the stock processor.

By: fma965

fma965 — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:20:58 +0000

what model number tl-60 is best for the upgrade thanks

By: jh1523

jh1523 — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:42:38 +0000

Mine has been running a TL-64 for one and a half years without any heat problems.

By: John

John — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:54:34 +0000

Thx, i gonna use this to upgrade mine, im upgrading from the TF-20 to a TL-60 2.0 GHz

By: Taylor

Taylor — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:02:11 +0000

Hey Darntoothysam,
A question or two. I’m quite new to the upgrading/disassembly scene, and after reading this guide (it was very helpful) and several others (I like to research about everything, problems I might have, resolutions, etc etc.), I’ve ordered an AMD Turion X2 TL-66 for only $50 off eBay. It’s clocked at 2.3 GHz. I shouldn’t have any problems with installing it once it gets here, but I’m wondering if you would happen to know if I will run into any heat issues. The laptop itself is always in the same spot, propped up and everything to allow good air circulation. It’s always closed and connected to a 23″ monitor, wireless mouse/keyboard, etc. Normally I don’t run into any heat issues, so naturally I’m curious. Also, will this just be as simple as taking the laptop apart, taking the old CPU out, putting the new CPU in, and done? Or is it more complex than that? I’ve read that sometimes when switching from a single to a dual core, one of the two cores isn’t recognized, and that seems easy enough to fix. Anyway, thanks for taking your time to read this and any replies will be greatly appreciated.

By: Austin

Austin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:21:07 +0000

My laptop(ACer aspire5532) isnt turning on after this.. I think its the tab connected right next to the keyboard one.. COuld that be the problem though or do i have to redo everything?

By: Blake

Blake — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:38:55 +0000

Hi wanna do the cpu upgrade and ram upgrade(gonna try to game on my 5532, but im looking at the tl-64 but it say 2.2GHZ and the tl-56 is 1.8GHZ, what is this and do i need to do anything to the 2.2 or will it work fine?

By: Darntoothysam

Darntoothysam — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:48:22 +0000

Hi Bob, you need to check what RAM you have installed.

If you have 1 x 2GB stick and 1 x 1GB stick then you need 1 x 2GB stick that matches what you already have so they will run in dual channel mode. You will probably need to check the BIOS by entering SETUP when the computer is booting to make sure it’s in dual channel mode. If you only have 2 x 1GB sticks of RAM then you need to buy 2 x 2GB sticks to make 4GB.

Thomas

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:08:49 +0000

Hey Darntoothysam,
Quick question, for the ram upgrades you recommend, do I have to buy the full 4G’s worth of them (for example if one ram is 2gigs, buy two?) or just buy a 1g ram to make it a total of 4gigs? Thanks.

By: Darntoothysam

Darntoothysam — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:47:18 +0000

Hey Ernest, the TL-50 is perfectly fine, as I state in the post I use the TL-56 and it’s been running strong since February 2010 !!

Thomas

By: Ernest

Ernest — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:21:04 +0000

I was thinking of doing this. I was thinking of doing a TL-50. My thing is, how safe is this? I’m noy afraid of tearing about the laptop. I just want to know how safe (heat wise) is this TL-50? I found one on Amazon for like 10 bucks. it’s an AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-50 1.6GHz Processor

By: Anthony S

Anthony S — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:05:34 +0000

I have the same laptop, bought the same used TL-56 X5DC I am going thru the SAME SYMPTOMS for the past week. Idid upgrade BIOS version 1.09 to 1.10 no luck.
Please let me know if you got a solution or maybe we are doing something wrong? Thanks
santony83@yahoo.com

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:36:42 +0000

Thank you for this article! I used the info here along with the manuals to upgrade my acer to a TL-56 processor. I bought it off of ebay for $11.00 It has breathed new life into our laptop. We have never been able to do full screen hulu and espn3 on this laptop before. It runs perfect now. For my next upgrade we will be replacing the HD with an SSD drive. Thanks again for the article!

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:35:21 +0000

I have Aspire 5517 and have installed TL-56 …AX5DC. Machine powers-up for about 3 seconds, then nothing. Question: Did anyone need to change BIOS; and if so: which version?

CPUs in the S1 catagory are not backwards compatible (eg. S1 S1g2 to S1g1, etc.)

By: victor

victor — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:42:57 +0000

Hey Where do i put the thermal paste?

By: mike k

mike k — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:37:34 +0000

hi i installed a tl 60 in my laptop acer 5532 and my laptop runs alot better it works perfect and doesnt heat up to much

By: Miles

Miles — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:06:12 +0000

Is it possible to install an internal camera because there is a circle cut out on LCD frame. I took the sticker cut-out out and its an empty hole that looks like something would go in there. Any suggestions?

By: Darntoothysam

Darntoothysam — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:37:13 +0000

Good question… hard to say because those use DDR3 so they might not work with our Acers because they use DDR2.

Maybe the QL-60 series like the QL-65 has a performance boost with only a minor price increase?

Thomas

By: sgtarnold

sgtarnold — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:33:09 +0000

Hey darntoothysam, are the tl turion series the best we can do? cuz i noticed some other socket s1 processors like phenom triple and quad that use the same wattage and even lower than 35 watts. Namely the P920 or the P840. Just curious.

By: Darntoothysam

Darntoothysam — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:30:52 +0000

Hey Joey

I’m not sure why the language changed from English on the link below, but it’s a comparison of the two CPUs you are talking about. Looks like the only difference is the TL-58 has twice the L2 cache that the TK-57 has which is a good thing to have.

http://products.amd.com/pages/NotebookCPUSideBySide.aspx?id=296&id=3

Is the TL-58 1.6 Ghz? I forget… Maybe the TL-58 was overheating if you had too much or too little thermal paste.. just an idea. This really isn’t a gaming computer, so I’d be happy if it could play anything smoothly!

Thomas

By: snurness

snurness — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:19:03 +0000

Yea that should work, same one i had before i bought the tl-64. The other day i sold my laptop for 180.

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:14:25 +0000

i was running a tl-58 for awhile and it was great aside from heat.. turns out this processor goes into a safe mode called “throttling” when it heats up too much, making it lag.. which is inconvenient for gaming..

ANYWAY…

i found a dell inspiration at the side of the road and it had been parted except for the cpu (AMD Athlon 64 x2 1.9ghz).. it was the same socket as the acer 5532 so i decided to try it.. i figured since it was the same family as the original cpu for this notebook it may run a little better. so i put it in and it works flawlessly.

well i just wanted to report that the AMD Athlon TK-57 64 x2 1.9ghz works in the acer 5532..

but one question.. the tk-57 has a faster clock speed and runs cooler than the tl-58.. but which one is a better cpu all in all.

By: DrJoKerMD

DrJoKerMD — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:56:25 +0000

Hi, I just read this and I might attempt this upgrade as well as a RAM upgrade. I found a tl-56 processor on eBay, but I’m not sure if it’s the right one. I’m using the same laptop, Acer Aspire 5532.

Please point me in the right direction? This is the one I found http://cgi.ebay.com/AMD-Turion-64-X2-TL-56-1-8-GHz-Laptop-CPU-TMDTL56HAX5CT-/370433276217?pt=CPUs&hash=item563f8b3939