Posted February 20, 200817 yr Has anyone ever swapped out a processor in a laptop? Im looking to swap out a core2 duo T5450 (1.66ghz) with a T7700 (2.4ghz) and before I buy I wanna know how easy/hard it's gonna be.. Gotta love Toshiba great vid card great Mem shitty CPU
February 20, 200817 yr its just like any other system unless its fused to the motherboard good luck, newb
February 20, 200817 yr Author Im not worried about the actual swap but rather taking apart my laptop XD
February 24, 200817 yr who ever gave me a -reps for the earlier post has no idea what they might run into the CPU might be attached to the MOBO, hahaha
February 24, 200817 yr Author Well I've done research it's not sottered in. But I've never actually taken apart a laptop before...
February 24, 200817 yr OH NOES ITS THE END OF THE WORLD I CANNOT TAKE THE SCREWS OUT AND SEE WHERE IT BRINGS ME??!?!?!?
February 25, 200817 yr Have you checked whether or not the BIOS of your laptop supports the processor? Will it's multiplier go that high? Are the processor sockets the same? Are the FSB speeds of the processors the same? If the new processor has a higher FSB, does your motherboard and ram support it? Your user's manual should have a schematic drawing of how to disassemble your laptop. You may not need to remove the keyboard or anything, might be a simple matter of taking out a couple of screws to expose heatsink. Make sure you have some quality thermal paste to reapply to the processor too. That is all.
February 25, 200817 yr Author yeah I've done all the research... and never mind I've found a photo doc with detailed instructions on how to disassemble my model laptop. Thanks for your suggestions vanilla.
February 25, 200817 yr vanilla said: trolling douchebag. help the fucking guy out or stfu haha, trolling was the correct answer Changing the CPU on a laptop is the dumbest "upgrade" in the world of computers. Dont waste your time.
February 27, 200817 yr vanilla said: Have you checked whether or not the BIOS of your laptop supports the processor? Will it's multiplier go that high? Are the processor sockets the same? Are the FSB speeds of the processors the same? If the new processor has a higher FSB, does your motherboard and ram support it? Your user's manual should have a schematic drawing of how to disassemble your laptop. You may not need to remove the keyboard or anything, might be a simple matter of taking out a couple of screws to expose heatsink. Make sure you have some quality thermal paste to reapply to the processor too. That is all. It's a grease not a paste :)
February 27, 200817 yr Quote wav;548103']It's a grease not a paste :) It's called both by different people. Most people say paste.
February 28, 200817 yr stfu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_grease changing a CPU in a notebook is dumb thread over
