How to upgrade processor?

[tim980]

Hello everyone, I have got hp notebook called HP Pavilion dm1-1090ev Entertainment Notebook PC and it has 1.2 GHz Intel Celeron DualCore Processor SU2300. So I am planning to upgrade it to more than 2 GHz. Please suggest what kind of processor do i purchase.......
please help...

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Well... according to Ark, that CPU only came in a BGA (soldered) format.

http://ark.intel.com/products/42779/Intel-Celeron-Processor-SU2300-1M-Cache-1_20-GHz-800-MHz-FSB

So... you don't.

If it is socketed, though, you can replace it with any CPU that uses the same socket and fits in the same TDP (heat). Provided it's supported by the motherboard. Because OEMs like HP don't generally release BIOS updates for CPU support, you're usually limited to CPUs in the same generation (core revision & process tech) as were options when the computer was new. So, theoretically, any <10w TDP Penryn Dual Core would probably work.

Even if it were socketed (which it's probably not) and even if there were 1.3 or 1.4 GHz chips that would slot in (which there's probably not) it's really not worth your time. 2GHz isn't happening.

Do you have an SSD?

 

[Harvey]

In line with dave_the_nerd's advice, you may be able find out which CPU's your motherboard supports. It's a bit tricky, but you can search HP's site for HP's part number for the motherboard in your machine. Then, do another search by the part number. You may be ble find info about other HP models that use the same motherboard with a more powerful CPU.

Consider that you can buy new laptops with more power than your machine for around $300 so the cost of the upgrade may not be worth it compared to selling your current machine and investing in a new one.

One inexpensive thing you could do that may gain some speed would be to add some RAM. The specs for your machine say that it has 3 GB of RAM and is running the 32 bit version of Win 7. Of that 3 GB, up to 1 GB is used by the video sub-system.

The 32 bit version of Win 7 can "see" a maximum of a little over 3 GB of RAM. Anything more is ignored by Windows. However, the video system uses RAM independent of the OS so, if you bumped the RAM up to 4 GB, the RAM used for video would come from that excess memory above 3+ GB, leaving the maximum amount of RAM the system can use available to Windows.

As dave_the_nerd suggests, an SSD would speed things up, but again, the cost could be more than it's worth, and you'd be better off investing in a new machine.

Hope that helps.