laptop CPU compatible type
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The socket of your laptop's motherboard is rPGA988B, or better known by Socket G2; which was introduced in 2011.
Your current CPU is a Sandy Bridge Pentium Dual-Core, and your motherboard (on Socket G2) supports Sandy/Ivy Bridge Celeron's and Pentium's. Also your motherboard supports Core-i3, Core-i5 and Core-i7's.
However not any processor will fit your laptop. Please reply back with your laptop model and chipset (can be found under Mainboard in CPU-Z), and I will curate a list of supported CPU's.
All the best.
Your current CPU is a Sandy Bridge Pentium Dual-Core, and your motherboard (on Socket G2) supports Sandy/Ivy Bridge Celeron's and Pentium's. Also your motherboard supports Core-i3, Core-i5 and Core-i7's.
However not any processor will fit your laptop. Please reply back with your laptop model and chipset (can be found under Mainboard in CPU-Z), and I will curate a list of supported CPU's.
All the best.
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The socket of your laptop's motherboard is rPGA988B, or better known by Socket G2; which was introduced in 2011.
Your current CPU is a Sandy Bridge Pentium Dual-Core, and your motherboard (on Socket G2) supports Sandy/Ivy Bridge Celeron's and Pentium's. Also your motherboard supports Core-i3, Core-i5 and Core-i7's.
However not any processor will fit your laptop. Please reply back with your laptop model and chipset (can be found under Mainboard in CPU-Z), and I will curate a list of supported CPU's.
All the best.
Your current CPU is a Sandy Bridge Pentium Dual-Core, and your motherboard (on Socket G2) supports Sandy/Ivy Bridge Celeron's and Pentium's. Also your motherboard supports Core-i3, Core-i5 and Core-i7's.
However not any processor will fit your laptop. Please reply back with your laptop model and chipset (can be found under Mainboard in CPU-Z), and I will curate a list of supported CPU's.
All the best.
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Also realize that replacing the CPU in a laptop is extremely difficult, & unless performed by a professional (preferably one working directly for the laptop manufacturer's tech support division) will tend to result in issues with the other laptop hardware, like broken keyboards/touchpads. And that's assuming the existing CPU wasn't just soldered into place on the motherboard...
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That CPU isn't soldered and replacing the CPU isn't difficult. It is time consuming though, getting to it. You don't need a professional or some special tech support person. :lol:
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You do in case something happens when you're trying to crack the case open.
Telling the manufacturer, "Well, I didn't think the CPU you placed in it was up to snuff, so I tried replacing it myself, but now it doesn't work" is going to get a very different response from them than telling them, "Well, I sent the laptop to you so that your tech people could upgrade the original CPU, but your tech people apparently screwed something up because it's no longer working", especially if it's still under warranty: the latter gets you a, "No problem, we'll replace it for you since it's still under warranty & our guys screwed it up", the former gets you a "Sorry, but you voided the warranty by taking it apart yourself, so you'll have to pay for a new laptop yourself".
And I've never heard of anyone refer to taking apart a laptop, especially to upgrade internal hardware, as being "easy"...least of all people who actually know what they're doing. If it was, the local Micro Center's "Build Your Own" section would have more than just hard drives & RAM for their available laptop upgrades.
Telling the manufacturer, "Well, I didn't think the CPU you placed in it was up to snuff, so I tried replacing it myself, but now it doesn't work" is going to get a very different response from them than telling them, "Well, I sent the laptop to you so that your tech people could upgrade the original CPU, but your tech people apparently screwed something up because it's no longer working", especially if it's still under warranty: the latter gets you a, "No problem, we'll replace it for you since it's still under warranty & our guys screwed it up", the former gets you a "Sorry, but you voided the warranty by taking it apart yourself, so you'll have to pay for a new laptop yourself".
And I've never heard of anyone refer to taking apart a laptop, especially to upgrade internal hardware, as being "easy"...least of all people who actually know what they're doing. If it was, the local Micro Center's "Build Your Own" section would have more than just hard drives & RAM for their available laptop upgrades.
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I have upgraded a CPU in one laptop, totally removed the motherboard from another so the AC adapter port could be replaced. I found neither difficult. Just time consuming. Take your time, and make sure you get every screw. I wouldn't replace a CPU on a laptop that still has a warranty either. The manufacturer isn't going to upgrade the CPU for you either.
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I'm inclined to agree with both of you, especially if warranty is still active. However, most modern laptops no longer solder CPU's into the socket, and I doubt a G2 socket would be soldered in. I'm comfortably and safely assuming that the OP's laptop can be upgraded to an i3, i5 or i7. As the CPU is no longer soldered in (i.e. the manufacturer has accounted that the CPU maybe replaced in the future), I'm also assuming accessing the socket shouldn't require the OP to remove many internals.
I recently upgraded an elder laptop, which wasn't of much inconvenience (as I have believed it may have been, due to elder hardware being soldered and all). In less than 5 minutes I upgraded the RAM to 4GB and the CPU to a Core 2 Duo (best the laptop can take). Upgrading laptops is not what I do on a daily basis anyway, in fact upgrading it was the first time I opened the laptop. It was no problem in my honest opinion.
Different laptops have different complexity levels of replacing hardware, but generally I believe most manufacturers accept that certain components maybe replaced by the individual; hence they ease the process. Replacing battery and HDD/SSD on laptops can easily be replaced on most, if not all laptops. In addition, certain manufacturers go further and ease the replacement process of the CPU and RAM.
But all in all, from my experience it's not too difficult, and the average user should have no problem replacing the CPU or RAM either IMO.
I recently upgraded an elder laptop, which wasn't of much inconvenience (as I have believed it may have been, due to elder hardware being soldered and all). In less than 5 minutes I upgraded the RAM to 4GB and the CPU to a Core 2 Duo (best the laptop can take). Upgrading laptops is not what I do on a daily basis anyway, in fact upgrading it was the first time I opened the laptop. It was no problem in my honest opinion.
Different laptops have different complexity levels of replacing hardware, but generally I believe most manufacturers accept that certain components maybe replaced by the individual; hence they ease the process. Replacing battery and HDD/SSD on laptops can easily be replaced on most, if not all laptops. In addition, certain manufacturers go further and ease the replacement process of the CPU and RAM.
But all in all, from my experience it's not too difficult, and the average user should have no problem replacing the CPU or RAM either IMO.
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Only BGA sockets are soldered in now. My laptop has a Sandy Bridge i5 and it is not soldered in. I intend to replace it with an i7 at some point.
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