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so...are processers in Notebooks easier to upgrade yet?

Originally posted by: Gibson486
Title asks all. Are they? Or are they still soldered on?
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I've never had trouble upgrading a processor since the P3 era. They are seldom soldered on unless you're talking about a subcompact system.

Most cases, however, you'll find upgrading the processor difficult to justify in terms of cost. Processor speed is hardly ever the reason I want to upgrade a laptop.
 
Originally posted by: vegetation
Originally posted by: Gibson486
Title asks all. Are they? Or are they still soldered on?
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I've never had trouble upgrading a processor since the P3 era. They are seldom soldered on unless you're talking about a subcompact system.

Most cases, however, you'll find upgrading the processor difficult to justify in terms of cost. Processor speed is hardly ever the reason I want to upgrade a laptop.
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So those Toshibas with a 14 in widescreen??? can you take the processers out of those?
 
Accessing the processor on most notebooks requires lifting the keyboard. If you can figure that out, you can probably access the CPU. But - I don't know of any laptops where that is a user authorized procedure - and if anything gets fubared in the process - your warranty is usually voided.
 
From what I've seen, accessing the processors on most laptops requires removing both the top and bottom halves of the case, and then the HS/F unit (which is usually attached with multiple brackets and lots of tiny screws.) Not easy, but it's not impossible.
As an added bonus, by replacing the thermal compound and cleaning out the included plastic crap, you'll likely get much better temps.
 
I don't know about the other laptops but the Dell laptops are pretty easy to dissassemble enough to get to the CPU. You'll probably have to remove the LCD, the plastic parts around the keyboard, the keyboard, the CPU heatsink, and maybe even some screws that hold the fans in place. This takes about 15 to 20 minutes with most Dell laptops and is around 12 to 14 little screws. Swapping / upgrading CPUs is a different matter and most laptops require staying within the origional CPU type ( ie. Pentium 4 with a faster Pentium 4, Dothan with a faster Dothan, etc. )
 
Accessing the CPU in my current Voodoo Envy is cake. The CPU is in a compartment on the bottom of the CPU, just like the RAM compartment only much larger. I took it out a month back to clean it and reapply the thermal compound.
 
I've heard Toshiba still solders on their Celeron M based notebooks. They wouldn't want you upgrading to a Pentium M now would they?
 
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