Hello,
So I recently created a Franken-computer from my old laptop. I gutted all the internal hardware and mounted it in a open air case. My original reason for doing this was that I had bought a new desktop and laptop. Also it was past it's warranty and beginning to to have heating issues. Well it was always a very hot laptop even with a cooling pad but it would have thermal shutdowns, even after I had cleaned the cooling unit. It was a HP DV7-4060 us, with a AMD Phenom II Triple-Core Mobile N830 (2.1ghz), 8 gigs of ram (ddr3 1333), and a AMD 5650. Despite its apparent lack of wowing specs it has been an inedible performer running Maya, 3ds max very well, and every game I could throw at it in high setting, hi resolutions, and even decent anti aliasing. I have always been very shocked at how fantastic this machine runs, but I have a urge to tinker so gutted it like a fish.
Let me further preface my query by telling you all that I just upgraded the CPU on another ex laptop of mine that I had removed the screen from and hooked to my TV as a hd entertainment machine. That experience got me thinking about perhaps doing the same to my other "mess around" machine. However I had had some issues with the last laptop cpu upgrade. I had used a Turion Ultra to replace a turion and the bios didn't recognize it, but I flashed it with a newer toshiba bios and it hasn't given me any grief since. Anyway that got me thinking that I should check the service manual for my hp before I tried to upgrade it's CPU. The highest performance processor I saw that was officially supported by my particular dv7 was a AMD Phenom II Quad-Core Mobile N970 (2.2 ghz). However AMD released the AMD Phenom II Quad-Core Mobile X940 Black Edition (2.4 with a unlocked multiplier) after that. It is not listed as being supported as a replacement or upgrade and as far as I can tell It has never been in any laptop sold anywhere. Another thing is it has a 10 watt higher TDP than any other supported cpu.
I have found both the N970 and the x940 on ebay from the same company I got the turion ultra, but I suppose my question is will the x940 even work? I it is the same socket (S1g4) and I have a 120 watt power supply connected to the machine which is technically 30 watts over the official hp supply... I guess I should leave well enough alone but I am not gonna so any advice or experience with laptop cpu upgrades is welcome.
So I recently created a Franken-computer from my old laptop. I gutted all the internal hardware and mounted it in a open air case. My original reason for doing this was that I had bought a new desktop and laptop. Also it was past it's warranty and beginning to to have heating issues. Well it was always a very hot laptop even with a cooling pad but it would have thermal shutdowns, even after I had cleaned the cooling unit. It was a HP DV7-4060 us, with a AMD Phenom II Triple-Core Mobile N830 (2.1ghz), 8 gigs of ram (ddr3 1333), and a AMD 5650. Despite its apparent lack of wowing specs it has been an inedible performer running Maya, 3ds max very well, and every game I could throw at it in high setting, hi resolutions, and even decent anti aliasing. I have always been very shocked at how fantastic this machine runs, but I have a urge to tinker so gutted it like a fish.
Let me further preface my query by telling you all that I just upgraded the CPU on another ex laptop of mine that I had removed the screen from and hooked to my TV as a hd entertainment machine. That experience got me thinking about perhaps doing the same to my other "mess around" machine. However I had had some issues with the last laptop cpu upgrade. I had used a Turion Ultra to replace a turion and the bios didn't recognize it, but I flashed it with a newer toshiba bios and it hasn't given me any grief since. Anyway that got me thinking that I should check the service manual for my hp before I tried to upgrade it's CPU. The highest performance processor I saw that was officially supported by my particular dv7 was a AMD Phenom II Quad-Core Mobile N970 (2.2 ghz). However AMD released the AMD Phenom II Quad-Core Mobile X940 Black Edition (2.4 with a unlocked multiplier) after that. It is not listed as being supported as a replacement or upgrade and as far as I can tell It has never been in any laptop sold anywhere. Another thing is it has a 10 watt higher TDP than any other supported cpu.
I have found both the N970 and the x940 on ebay from the same company I got the turion ultra, but I suppose my question is will the x940 even work? I it is the same socket (S1g4) and I have a 120 watt power supply connected to the machine which is technically 30 watts over the official hp supply... I guess I should leave well enough alone but I am not gonna so any advice or experience with laptop cpu upgrades is welcome.