Anyone upgraded proc. in laptop?

[DrJeff]

😕 I'm curious if anyone has had success upgrading the processor in a mainstream laptop, like HP, Dell, Compaq, Toshiba. I am cheap and have priced several laptops that would be fine if their proc. was only 4-500 mhz faster. Are they all direct-mounted to the MOBO in laptops? Or is heat the problem?

 

[Budman]

Laptop cpus are soldered to the mainboard,unless you're very very very handy with a soldering iron it's not gonna happen.

 

[sohcrates]

even if you *could* change out the cpu, the rest of the mainboard most likely wouldn't work with it...

i'm afraid you're most likely out of luck

 

[DrJeff]

😱 Thanks. That pretty much settles it. I'll just have to ante up. I have owned two laptops and frankly have not ventured under the keyboard of either. This fills me in.

 

[Slacker]

Do you have a model number? My HP N5170 is a socketed P3 600 and can be upgraded up to 900 (maybe 1000 if it used 100mhz fsb)

The real problem is that the chips are expensive and you would do better to spend that money buying a laptop that has the speed you need 😀

 

[Rand]

<< Laptop cpus are soldered to the mainboard,unless you're very very very handy with a soldering iron it's not gonna happen. >>


Not all laptop CPU's, in fact the vast majority of moden and/or 'performance' or desktop replacement laptops use socketed CPU's.

CPU's soldered onto the board really arent seen that much except for the extreme budget lineup of laptops and the ultra-light/portable range.

 

[DrJeff]

😛 Well, then, let's see...
How do you get into an Acer Travelmate 514TXV without breaking it, just so I can look in my current one and educate? Is there a site that gives disassembly methods? I'm sure Acer won't tell me.