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I have an HP Pavilion Dv7 with a 2670QM CPU in it that is on the FCPGA988 socket, will a 3840QM cpu work in it since it's the same socket? They also have the same TDP.
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You can replace pga socket cpu's. It's BGA you can't replace unless you have the right skills/equipment. I don't know if the Ivy bridge 3840QM would work because those require bios updates that oem's like HP don't usually bother releasing.
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Yeah that's what I'm not sure about, I just wanted to upgrade it to Ivy bridge because the laptop doesn't have a dedicated GPU, so HD 4000 over HD 3000 would be a noticeable improvement.
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I will possibly do that once I do get to the point where I have the opportunity to do the upgrade. I just wanted to see if I could clarify this early just because. Wish it had a dedicated GPU so I wouldn't have to deal with this and possibly be able to do more with it, oh well. Thanks!
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