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Socket G2 / Socket rPGA988B

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Socket G2, also called rPGA988B, was introduced in January 2011 as a
socket for mobile microprocessors, based on
Sandy Bridge
microarchitecture. Alongside the new CPUs, Intel launched HM65,
HM67, QM67, QS6 and UM67 6-series
mobile chipsets, compatible with
the socket. While the initial launch of socket G2 platform included only
Core-branded Socket G2 benchmarks
processors, Intel eventually released mobile Celeron and
Pentium "Sandy Bridge" models, compatible with the socket.
Socket G1
The rPGA988B
was also used for the next generation of mobile microprocessors,
codenamed "Ivy Bridge". These CPUs Socket G3
were released in April 2012, and
were paired with new 7-series chipsets, that featured partial
compatibility with older All CPU sockets
products. The 7-series chipsets supported
not only Ivy Bridge, but also Sandy Bridge mobile processors. However, due
to
changes in electrical interface of Ivy Bridge chips, they could
not be used in older motherboards, built on 6-series Link to this page
chipsets.

Currently (February 2015), the socket G2 works with single-, dual-

and quad-core mobile microprocessors, operating at
frequencies at up
to 3 GHz, and having Thermal Design Power in the 35 Watt - 55 Watt
range. The rPGA988B supports
dual-channel DDR3 memory with data rates
1066 MHz for budget chips, 1333 MHz for mid-class models and 1600 MHz
for
high-performance CPUs. On the interface side, it supports Direct Media Interface
2.0, that provides twice as much
bandwidth as DMI on previous generation
of Intel Nehalem and Westmere mobile processors. At this time the
socket is
obsolete, and in June 2013 it was superseded by socket G3,
which is incompatible with the rPGA988B.

The socket G2 has 988 pin holes, arranged as 35 x 36 grid,

with two plugged pin holes at one of the corners of the grid,
and with 18 x 15
section removed from the center of the grid. The socket uses an
actuator to lock or release the
processor. To lock the CPU the actuator
must be turned clockwise, and to release the chip the actuator needs
to be turned
counter clockwise.

Sockets G1 and G2 have the same number of pin holes, but they are
not compatible with each other due to different
position of one pin
hole.

Supported processors
Although all microprocessors from the table below physically fit into the
socket, not all of them may be supported by your
motherboard. For
that reason before upgrading to any model from this list below, please
make sure that the CPU is
compatible with the motherboard. See
"Upgrading socket G2 motherboards" section further below for tips on
how to
determine which processors are supported by specific motherboard.

Turbo L2
Technology Frequency L3 cache TDP
Model Box part numbers Cores Threads freq. cache
(micron) (MHz) (KB) (Watt)
(MHz) (KB)
Core i3-2312M 0.032 2 4 2100 512 3072 35
Core i3-2308M 0.032 2 4 2100 512 3072 35
Core i3-2310M 0.032 2 4 2100 512 3072 35
Core i3-2332M 0.032 2 4 2200 512 3072 35
Core i3-2330E 0.032 2 4 2200 512 3072 35
Core i3-2328M 0.032 2 4 2200 512 3072 35
Core i3-2330M 0.032 2 4 2200 512 3072 35
Core i3-2350M 0.032 2 4 2300 512 3072 35
Core i3-2348M 0.032 2 4 2300 512 3072 35
Core i3-3110M 0.022 2 4 2400 512 3072 35
Core i3-3120ME 0.022 2 4 2400 512 3072 35
Core i3-2370M 0.032 2 4 2400 512 3072 35
Core i3-3120M 0.022 2 4 2500 512 3072 35
Core i3-3130M 0.022 2 4 2600 512 3072 35
Core i5-2410M 0.032 2 4 2300 2900 512 3072 35
Core i5-2430M 0.032 2 4 2400 3000 512 3072 35
Core i5-2450M 0.032 2 4 2500 3100 512 3072 35
Core i5-3210M 0.022 2 4 2500 3100 512 3072 35
Core i5-2520M BX80627I52520M 0.032 2 4 2500 3200 512 3072 35
Core i5-2510E 0.032 2 4 2500 3100 512 3072 35
Core i5-3320M BX80638I53320M 0.022 2 4 2600 3300 512 3072 35
Core i5-3230M 0.022 2 4 2600 3200 512 3072 35
Core i5-2540M BX80627I52540M 0.032 2 4 2600 3300 512 3072 35
Core i5-3610ME 0.022 2 4 2700 3300 512 3072 35
Core i5-3340M BX80638I53340M 0.022 2 4 2700 3400 512 3072 35

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Core i5-3360M BX80638I53360M 0.022 2 4 2800 3500 512 3072 35

Core i5-3380M BX80638I53380M 0.022 2 4 2900 3600 512 3072 35
Core i7-2630QM 0.032 4 8 2000 2900 1024 6144 45
Core i7-3612QM 0.022 4 8 2100 3100 1024 6144 35
Core i7-2710QE 0.032 4 8 2100 3000 1024 6144 45
Core i7-3632QM 0.022 4 8 2200 3200 1024 6144 35
Core i7-2720QM BX80627I72720QM 0.032 4 8 2200 3300 1024 6144 45
Core i7-2670QM 0.032 4 8 2200 3100 1024 6144 45
Core i7-2820QM BX80627I72820QM 0.032 4 8 2300 3400 1024 8192 45
Core i7-3610QE 0.022 4 8 2300 3300 1024 6144 45
Core i7-3610QM 0.022 4 8 2300 3300 1024 6144 45
Core i7-2760QM BX80627I72760QM 0.032 4 8 2400 3500 1024 6144 45
Core i7-3630QM 0.022 4 8 2400 3400 1024 6144 45
Core i7-2860QM BX80627I72860QM 0.032 4 8 2500 3600 1024 8192 45
Core i7-3720QM BX80638I73720QM 0.022 4 8 2600 3600 1024 6144 45
Core i7-3820QM BX80638I73820QM 0.022 4 8 2700 3700 1024 8192 45
Core i7-3740QM BX80638I73740QM 0.022 4 8 2700 3700 1024 6144 45
Core i7-2620M 0.032 2 4 2700 3400 512 4096 35
Core i7-2640M 0.032 2 4 2800 3500 512 4096 35
Core i7-3840QM BX80638I73840QM 0.022 4 8 2800 3800 1024 8192 45
Core i7-3520M 0.022 2 4 2900 3600 512 4096 35
Core i7-3540M 0.022 2 4 3000 3700 512 4096 35
Core i7-2920XM 0.032 4 8 2500 3500 1024 8192 55
Core i7-2960XM 0.032 4 8 2700 3700 1024 8192 55
Core i7-3920XM 0.022 4 8 2900 3800 1024 8192 55
Core i7-3940XM 0.022 4 8 3000 3900 1024 8192 55
Celeron B800 0.032 2 2 1500 512 2048 35
Celeron B815 0.032 2 2 1600 512 2048 35
Celeron B810 0.032 2 2 1600 512 2048 35
Celeron B710 0.032 1 1 1600 256 1536 35
Celeron B720 0.032 1 1 1700 256 1536 35
Celeron B820 0.032 2 2 1700 512 2048 35
Celeron B830 0.032 2 2 1800 512 2048 35
Celeron B730 0.032 1 2 1800 256 1536 35
Celeron 1000M 0.022 2 2 1800 512 2048 35
Celeron B840 0.032 2 2 1900 512 2048 35
Celeron 1005M 0.022 2 2 1900 512 2048 35
Celeron 1020M 0.022 2 2 2100 512 2048 35
Celeron 1020E 0.022 2 2 2200 512 2048 35
Mobile Pentium
0.022 2 2 2100 512 1024 35
A1018
Pentium B940 0.032 2 2 2000 512 2048 35
Pentium B950 0.032 2 2 2100 512 2048 35
Pentium B960 0.032 2 2 2200 512 2048 35
Pentium B970 0.032 2 2 2300 512 2048 35
Pentium B980 0.032 2 2 2400 512 2048 35
Pentium 2020M 0.022 2 2 2400 512 2048 35
Pentium 2030M 0.022 2 2 2500 512 2048 35

There are no CPUs from other manufacturers compatible with socket

G2.

Compatible sockets
Socket 989 / rPGA989 (for motherboards supporting second-generation
Core microprocessors, mobile Celerons and
Pentiums, based on Sandy
Bridge microarchitecture).

Compatible package types

988-pin micro-FCPGA10

Upgrading rPGA988B motherboards

To determine which processors are supported by your laptop or
computer you will need to find out make and model of
your system,
and then search on manufacturer's website for upgrade recommendations
for that make and model. Most
manufacturers don't publish CPU support
information for notebooks and OEM systems, but you may be able to find
upgrade
recommendations in product support forums on manufacturer website, or
in forums on dedicated computer
hardware sites. In addition to
that, try to send an e-mail to manufacturer's customer support, or
post in computer-related
forums, although don't expect that you will
get many responses. If this doesn't work then use CPU-Z or similar
program to
determine chipset type in your notebook, and look for CPU
upgrade information for the chipset. CPU support data for Intel

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chipsets can be found on CPU-Upgrade.com in Intel

chipsets section, or on Intel website. Be careful with this
method as
it's is less reliable.

Comments

Comments on this page are for corrections, suggestions, additional information about the socket, and general upgrade advice.
For all other comments,
including troubleshooting and upgrade questions, please proceed to the discussion page.

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BIOS
Posted by: Jose Gonzales 2013-07-17 22:26:41

In addition to all the hardware compatibilities, the specific BIOS revision level also needs to support the target CPU. I know of one case where a 6 core
CPU was supported in version 5.x but not in version 6.x. go figure

Good luck

Processors Compatibility
Posted by: lukas 2013-07-21 22:03:50

I would like to know something look: I have a socket (rPGA988B) and I have installed an intel celeron dual core second generation (G2) and will be
installing an i5-2520m (which is also second generation) want to later install a third generation one (i7-3610QM) third generation that also uses the
same socket the (rPGA988B)

my question is how I can put a third generation intel one second with the same sockets? I mean they both use the same socket I want to know if they
are compatible in this product also come in the same list but please debuelveme want to make sure the message with a clear answer. my gmail :
luksGen@gmail.com

Response: Officially, Intel does not support third generation processors on 6-series chipset. Some embedded i7-3xxx CPUs can work with older
chipsets, but it's not clear if they will work in laptops, built before the processors were released, or not.

Chipset
Posted by: in reply to lukas 2014-06-14 08:57:50

Ivy bridge works with different chipset. It will not work with HM65 (Sandy bridge) chipset

type??
Posted by: steven mendoza 2014-10-07 17:42:48

is this a pga?lga?amd?

Response: It's a PGA socket.

Posted by: Jonas 2014-10-09 10:15:46

Yes, you can. I had I5 2450M and replaced it with i7 3632QM. Socket accepted it well. On the other hand I expected speed boost, but seems like same
old i5.

Posted by: gshv 2014-10-09 11:58:25

It depends on the chipset. Intel 7-series chipsets support Sandy Bridge (i7-2xxxM) and Ivy Bridge (i7-3xxxM) processors, while older chipsets don't
support Ivy Bridge CPUs.

i5-3427U
Posted by: Bruno 2014-11-10 22:55:41

Hi there.
Got a NB with i5-3427U (17W) cpu. Cpu-z says it's socket 988B rPGA. Would like to upgrade to an i7-3687U.
Heard "U" cpus are soldered on MB, true?

Thanks.

Response: Yes, it's true.

rpga988b vs pga988b
Posted by: cpuupgrader 2014-12-14 21:49:27

CPUID says my socket is a RPGA988b

I want to put a similar cpu that works with the same chipset shown on cpuupgrade that has a PGA988b socket

will it work?

Response: It's the same package. Take a look at the specifications of your processor here or on the cpu-upgrade.com. It will show which socket the

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CPU uses.

Posted by: Matt 2015-03-27 01:46:33

Hello everybody. I want to know what's will apend if I don't respect the tdp ? thanks

Response: If you go from 35W to 45W then the chances are good that the CPU will work just fine. The CPUs have a Thermal Monitor feature, that
protects from overheating by throttling voltage and frequency when the temperature exceeds certain threshold.

new motherboard
Posted by: stephen meiners 2015-04-05 07:46:48

ok so i have a question, i have recently bought an asrock motherboard that supports am2,am2+, and am3, and 3+, i also have am i5-2540m cpu with
a g2 socket, can i use the i5 on my new motherboard??

Response: No, Intel processors will not fit into it. In the past 15+ years all Intel CPUs used their own proprietary sockets, and same with AMD.

update this page!!

Posted by: WiLd_KiTTy 2015-09-22 04:30:41

HM76 chipset with socket G2: i5-2540m works fine!!

Response: HM76 is from 7-series chipsets, they are mentioned in the second paragraph. I will expand it and add exact chipset names there.

video card
Posted by: itsleod 2016-03-21 05:08:02

It supports a dedicated video card?

Response: It depends on motherboard implementation, and not on the CPU. More expensive laptops support it, and cheaper laptops don't.

Upgrade - i3-3110m to i7-3720qm

Posted by: Csar 2016-05-07 11:35:47

I thought it was crazy, but it is possible !!!

I can not leave the processor at 100% because I lose FPS, then leave 99% and everything works fine !!!!

Problem solved!!
Posted by: Csar 2016-05-11 17:40:55

Just change the battery charger

Original: 65w
New: 120w

CPU Upgrade
Posted by: plume 2016-06-10 21:48:53

Just posting if it's any use to anyone, as it seems only me and one other person (someone with a video of upgrading to an i3, i5 and i7 on youtube) has
ever done this CPU upgrade on this laptop in the world... :)

I bought an Acer Aspire V3-531 for 150 a couple of years ago (VA50_HC_HR motherboard, G2, HM77, BIOS v1.13), it came with a Pentium B980, and
after a little research, I was surprised to see that you could actually upgrade the CPU! (Not soldered,as one would expect). I now have an i5 2540M in
it, 8gb and a 500gb SSD drive. Was wondering if I could go to an i5 3320M? (Simply because it has the HD 4000 chipset instead of the 3000 mine
currently has, which seems to be the bottleneck of the system). Anyone have any advice?

Thanks in advance :)

Posted by: Csar 2016-06-20 17:19:05

Unfortunately the upgrade is not possible because the i5-3320m is 3rd generation and both the B980 and the i5-2540M are 2nd generation. Take a
look at the list to see possible CPU upgrades.
cpu-upgrade is a site where you can research on the CPU upgrade.

2nd gen to 3rd gen

Posted by: Arthur Boss 2016-07-18 15:49:42

In my case, I have a laptop with the chipset hm76 but using an i7-2620m. I tried installing an i3-3120m and it worked, but only for some minutes.
Looks like when Windows recognize the new CPU it turns the laptop off.
Isn't the hm76 chipset supposed to have support for 3rd gen Intel processors?

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Intel sucks
Posted by: Atze from germany 2017-02-20 15:06:00

Got the x75a with pentium 2020m (low intel hd graphic) so the x75a aldo comes with i-5 at same board installed i-3 and no probs with that enhanced
graphic fps, but they build in a 30 minutes timer if you try to Upgrade your Notebook, didt know if its the same at all machines. Chipset hm70.
Sry for my bad english

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