thanks for the heads up. never taken apart a laptop.. but have done a little research into how people took apart their Y510's when they upgraded their CPU.
i've tinkered with many electronics before and i'm confident i can do this without messing up (knocks on wood). i might take apart...
wow thanks for all that information! very helpful :)
i think i'm gonna see if i can score a good deal on the T9300 on ebay.. otherwise i'll go with T8300.
Judging by how some people have managed to swap their CPU's without too much trouble, it definitely isn't soldered on, and i'm not worried about taking it apart and swapping the CPU. I will look for the manual though. thanks for that advice.
i'm more concerned with whether the newer C2D CPU's...
Hi,
I have a 2-1/2 year old Lenovo Y510, and I'm wondering if it might be worth upgrading the CPU in this machine. I recently installed an OCZ Vertex 2 drive and i definitely feel like this laptop has some life left in it.
here are the specs of the laptop:
CPU: Intel C2D T5550 @...
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