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Processor upgrading (laptop)

l0rcal0rca Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
Hey dudes, I've a new HP laptop, but got a little impulsive when it came to buying; I should have invested in a larger processor. Everything else is good with me--4GB RAM, nice video card--but I need something better than 2GHz.

Do any of you know the sort of options I have here, considering it's a laptop? If it's doable, I'm also not sure of what kind of steps to take, like compatibility, drivers, how to open the laptop (I vaguely remember something about "laptop keys"). Any help?

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  • Desert_Eagle25Desert_Eagle25 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Options? Return it and get another one. Unless you want to go through the VERY time consuming process of getting a replacement CPU that's superior, and then actually putting it INTO the laptop. That'll mean removing and re-attaching the joint-heatsink which covers your CPU, Chipset, AND VGA units.

    Meh.

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Why exactly do you need a faster-than-2GHz processor? Your video card is probably bottlenecking it anyhow.

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  • GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    2GHz can vary massively on what kind of processor it is, is it a Pentium 4 at 2GHz or a Core 2 Duo at 2GHz?

    See my point?

    What is the laptop?

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  • StormwatcherStormwatcher Blegh BlughRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Yeah, 2GHz should be fine if you got yourself a Core 2 Duo. Please tell us what you got.

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  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    i took apart an old laptop (circa 1994) yesterday.

    it was fun and not too hard really. i did break a wire that i had to sodder back on though :(

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    l0rca wrote: »
    Hey dudes, I've a new HP laptop, but got a little impulsive when it came to buying; I should have invested in a larger processor. Everything else is good with me--4GB RAM, nice video card--but I need something better than 2GHz.

    Do any of you know the sort of options I have here, considering it's a laptop? If it's doable, I'm also not sure of what kind of steps to take, like compatibility, drivers, how to open the laptop (I vaguely remember something about "laptop keys"). Any help?

    This may sound obvious, but read the manual, it should detail your upgrade paths in there.

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  • GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Rook wrote: »
    l0rca wrote: »
    Hey dudes, I've a new HP laptop, but got a little impulsive when it came to buying; I should have invested in a larger processor. Everything else is good with me--4GB RAM, nice video card--but I need something better than 2GHz.

    Do any of you know the sort of options I have here, considering it's a laptop? If it's doable, I'm also not sure of what kind of steps to take, like compatibility, drivers, how to open the laptop (I vaguely remember something about "laptop keys"). Any help?

    This may sound obvious, but read the manual, it should detail your upgrade paths in there.

    Yep, service manual.

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  • 1ddqd1ddqd Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Depending on the laptop, it may be a desktop processor. My X6000 used a 3.6ghz LGA775 desktop chip, which is now humming along inside a Shuttle KPC when the laptop's video card died.

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