Can I upgrade the CPU in my laptop?
I was wondering if you knew what limitations are imposed on a Toshiba Satellite 1800-100 when it comes to CPU upgrades. It’s currently equipped with a Celeron 800, that makes it a 100Mhz FSB coppermine compitable, but would it support a 1Ghz P3 coppermine? More? Less? Cache? Bios flash? And so on. Thanks for your time.
I’m getting this question over and over again. Unfortunately, laptops are not very upgradable computers. You can increase the memory size, install a faster and bigger hard drive, but you don’t have a lot of options on upgrading the CPU. I’ve been looking for this kind of information for months but didn’t find anything that I can trust. If you find any, please post it here so other people can benefit. I guess that laptop manufacturers do not provide any information on upgrading laptop CPUs. Just for fun I tried to install faster CPUs on some new Toshiba models, but it never worked for me.
I think that with Satellite 1800 you have a better chance on upgrading. I found that in Toshiba Satellite 1800 the same system board can handle 2 different CPUs: Pentium III 850MHz and Pentium III 1GHz, but for Celeron processor it has a different system board part number (might be the same board). The only way to find out is to try it, but I think that you understand the risk. This experiment might damage your laptop and you’ll get an expensive paper weight. Here’s a guide for replacing the CPU in Satellite 1805.
March 27th, 2010 at 4:22 am
i have acer extensa 4620z. have intel pentium dual core t2390 processor. but several applications and game runs so becomes quite slow. can anyone please suggest if i can upgrade to a better cpu or can i change my graphic card from intel to ati?
thanks and regards to everyone
February 24th, 2010 at 8:46 am
hi..i want to upgrade my toshiba that has tecra m2 and the model # is PTM20Z-002TU.. what’s the compatible memory or processor for this.. it’s a shame but honestly don’t know much about computer.. it’s pissing me off because it’s so slow.. can you help me with this? thanks..
February 8th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
I have also just upgraded a toshiba satellite s-1800 series laptop. The hardest part is waiting for the parts to arrive from ebay.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Does anyone hav a manual how to replace the harddisk in a Packard Bell Easynote GN45?
I have replaced hardisks in my previous laptops but cannot find how to replace it in the GN45 without complete disassembling the laptop.
Any help will be very appreciated.
Leo
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Toshiba s 1800 with 1 ghz pentium 3 running fine,needed new heatsink and fan £7 from ebay.
Well worth the time and money.
Also just done my 6715b from AMD turion tl-60 to a tl-66 with no bios upgrade and thus 15% faster for £40 from ebay.
CPU’s can be changed if you are sure that the cpu was sold with that model or the manual shows this.
Eg compaq dv 6000 can have a amd sempron or a amd tl-56.
this makes a single core to a dual core for £15 and thus makes the laptop fast enough to use for a couple more years.
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:31 pm
On May 20th, 2008 at 8:50 am, James P said;
“Please can you advise what the maximum processor that can be put into an ASUS F3Sv-AP075G laptop my laptop currently has a T7300 Intel Centrino dual core but I want to max the potential of the motherboard? I am happy to flash the BIOS if this will allow me to put a better processor in.”
ASUS have come out & said that the maximum processor you can put in an F3SV is the T7700 (2.4 GHz). I know this works, because I’ve done it myself! (BTW, that’s 12x clock multiplier)
There is a T7800 (2.6 GHz), but there are no guarantee’s that this will work – I’ve not read anywhere that anyone has successfully used this chip. Note: According to information I’ve read the clock multiplier has an upper limit of 14x.
There are “eXtreme” CPU’s of the same production process as the T7300/T7500/T7700’s – the X7800 & X7900 – however, I read a (translated) French post where it said that only the ASUS G1S & G2S can accept the X7×00 processors – not the F3SV
Flashing the BIOS (unless you are proficient at hacking the BIOS) is always a last resort & can turn a perfectly good Notebook into a paperweight.
“Second to this can the graphics card be upgraded or replaced for better? It currently houses a eNvidia GeForce 8600m GS 256MB card and I woulld like to upgrade it to a newer GT version of this card with 512MB+ dedicated memory.”
No. You cannot update the graphics card, without changing the motherboard…
However, if you go to http://www.laptopvideo2go.com, you can download some of the latest nVidia drivers. I’ve done this & squeezed a couple of extra points from the graphics from the Windows Performance results.
September 15th, 2009 at 11:46 am
is it possible to replace an amd turion 64×2 in a compaq laptop with for something faster? Its torture when trying to burn dvds, the encoding can take up to 4 hours and iv been told its due to lack of processing power
September 11th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
I’m looking at buying a Alienware M17x with all stock except one thing. I can’t decice between upgrading the stock CPU :Intel Core2 Duo P8600 2.4GHz (3MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) to the ($200 more) Intel Core2 Duo T9600 2.8GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) OR upgrading the the stock video card : Single NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M, 1GB to a($300 more) Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX SLI 260M, 2GB. I use my computer for movies and some encoding. What do you think i get most for my money? My main concern is lag. Thanks for your opinion.
May 26th, 2009 at 5:38 am
Hello people
i have been searching for many hours on upgradeable parts for laptops. Mine is a Toshiba A300 E00 model with the chipset(motherboard) called intel mobile PM965/GL960/GS965 socket p 478. Anyway this model i noticed comes in a few specs 2ghz , 2.13ghz, 2.4 and 2.6 and so on but the thing is the socket type for the processors are the same for those year models, meaning should be able to upgrade. As far as i could see on the intels site that these models can be replaced with the different spec processors.
And when i come to think about it when i broke my laptop once it needed a replacement processor since it over heated and got ruined. Led me to one thing which is they replaced the processor. Now i want to upgrade to the T9300 series i think thats 2.6 or 2.66ghz better then 2ghz for me.
May 15th, 2009 at 12:21 am
hello, i have a dell inspiron 1501 single core 1.8
im wanting to upgrade to a tl-50 processor that i have brought but have been told the front side bus speed is 800MHz for the chip….. but in my dell book it says that the front side bus speed is 533MHz
does this matter, in fact is it worth me stipping the laptop to install the tl-50 and just crossing my fingers to see if it works ?
any help will be REALLY GREATFUL THANK YOU
Fluffy Chicken
April 17th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I have Packard Bell GN45-P050 with intel T5200 cpu. This is the scorpion chassis and i wonder does anyone know what alternative (faster) cpu’s i can install.
Many thanks – Jono
April 16th, 2009 at 10:47 am
RE toshiba satellite s-1800 series cpu up grade just got rid of a celeron 800 mhz chip and put in a 1 ghz cpu with 256 cache.
Faster a great for just £5 from ebay.
new memory to 512 mb max and still woth using not very fast but ok as a back up laptop.
Easy to do and 10 mins including new artic silver and fan clean.
Wish modern lap tops had easy to get at fans.
April 6th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
I have a Toshiba Satellite M70 with Mobile Celeron 1.7ghz M390, I replaced it with a Pentium Centrino M740 1.73ghz processor. Everything looks good, bios recognizes it, bootup screen shows Pentium M logo, windows XP is able to boot up. The problem is that the processor is running at 798mhz all time no matter how the power saving setting is on. Used a few benchmark software, testing all showed the same speed, some even stated it’s the max internal clock speed. Multiplier should be 13 for the CPU but it’s always at 6. There’s no possible setting in the bios. Anyone idea what’s causing it? Thanks.
March 27th, 2009 at 4:07 am
Hi I have a Toshiba Satellite P20-304 PSP23E with a Nvidia GeForce FX Go5600. I am having trouble updating the video drivers both through Nvidia and Toshiba. My problem is that this is an amazing laptop, business, quality grade, with a large 17″ screen. It has a 3.0 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT. Normally this computer should be able to run Vista Home Premium but the video card will only “share” 64 mg of memory which was upgraded from 512 to 1.25 gb. I tried the bios and can’t change how much it takes to up the amount. I also this week upgraded the hard drive to 160 gb with 8 mg cache. Do I have any options other than Vista Basic or do I need to change the motherboard somehow? I really want to keep and use this computer as it has an excellent case and look. Please email any answers to jamesmannheim@yahoo.com Thanks. Wes
February 24th, 2009 at 5:03 am
can i upgrade my hp 550 laptop currently runnin celeron processor m550 to a quicker processor if so which one and if anything else would i need to upgrade ?
many thanks
February 15th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Dear Ever-Patient Laptop Freak,
Well, I’m terribly sorry for repeatedly changing my requests, but I now need to know if I can possibly just get a more powerful version (say, 2.4-2.6 GHz?) of the processor I have now, which is an AMD Turion Dual Core 2.0 GHz processor. Or perhaps you could tell me if my current processor could play BioShock at low to medium settings? I have my eye on a few games with similar requirements, and my laptop meets all of the recommended requirements for them, but fails to meet even the minimum requirements when it comes to the processor. If someone out there knows BioShock will run on my processor, seen above, please respond to this post, your help will be greatly appreciated.
February 12th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Hey, laptop freak, I’ve had a change of plan and now need to know if a 2.6-2.66 GHz processor of whatever brand would work well. I also need to know where I can buy a processor, at a store, not online, if possible. Like before, I only really need to know if the 2.6- 2.66 GHz processor would work well, not where to buy.
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Hello
I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro A100 which I have upgraded the Ram to its full 2GB, but I would like to upgrade the processor as well if poss. It currently runs a 1.86GHz single core Intel Celeron M CPU in a 479 socket. Do you know what if any faster dual core processors will fit?
Many thanks for your time!
January 31st, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Hey there!
I have an HP G60 Notebook PC (that’s as much as I could get information wise) with an AMD Turion 2.0ghz CPU.
I was wondering a few things.
First and foremost, could I upgrade to a Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor?
And if so, do you know how much one such component would cost? I will do some research on the price, so don’t go out of your way to find that out. But I would definitely like to know if I can upgrade.
Thanks!
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Berry Orr,
I think you can replace your CPU with a 2.2 GHz AMD Turion 64×2.
Toshiba part number: K000055480
But instead of buying an expensive CPU, I would suggest maxing RAM and installing a faster HDD.
December 22nd, 2008 at 8:51 am
Wow! Great site- and long looked for! I have a Toshiba Satellite P205D-S7436 with a 1.7 Ghz AMD Turion 64×2. Any upgrade possible?
Thanks
November 16th, 2008 at 5:06 am
im planning to upgrade my laptop’s processor. i have a toshiba m45 satellite with a pentium m 1.60 ghz. im planning to upgrade it to core 2 duo or any higher processors with 2 gig capacity. any advises so that i can weigh my options? thanks!
September 19th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Can someone please help me. I have a Dell Inspiron 1000. It has one 256mb ram chip on the board and only 1 empty slot. Dell it is ONLY upgradeable to 512mb!! Is there any reason I cannot put a 1gb chip in the slot? I saw a youtube video where someone has done this. Someone else told me that 1gb chip might overheat the computer or that even though the computer sees the ram that is might not use it..
Can anyone tell me for sure. Why Dell would limit this computer to only 512mb and not be able to ad a 1gb chip??
Please email anaswer to instlouis01@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Alex
September 12th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
It is possible to upgrade some laptops. My Toshiba Satellite L35-S2161 was originally equiped with a Celeron M410. The single core processor was a 1.46GHz. I recently replaced the Celeron M410 with a Pentium Core Duo T2250. The dual core processor has a speed of 1.73 GHz. The upgrade was well worth the effort. You see my research right here http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=285839
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:46 am
Hi there,Laptop Freak !
Got myself a Acsntia Mserias laptop,with 233 mmx cpu .
As i understand,it’s can be replaced by other,socet 7 cpus – is that correct ?
And another – got an IBM Thinkpad r503,with 1.4 celeron m,and got a P4 M 1.4 .Is there a possibility to replace celeron by Pentium ?
Is there an option of overclocking it ?
July 11th, 2008 at 4:52 am
to yevhen
i have the p6138 and this will take a T9300 Penryn CPU as your model is similar but higher specced i would presume it should be no problem
June 20th, 2008 at 3:01 am
i bought a game for my laptop but cant play it because my CPU Frequency is too low what do i do?
June 12th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
I have a HP Pavilion dv6700 laptop. It has an AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology Processor in it. I was wondering if I could upgrade that processor to an Turion Ultra. And I would also like to know if the graphics card in inside the processor, I heard this somewere, and if not, what is the best NVIDIA graphics card I can get with this processor and computer.
Thanks.
June 8th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Hello everyone,
Seems like this is the place I’ve been looking for for some time now. I know that CPU upgrade on the laptops are very difficult and in many cases are impossible.
However, I think it is worth asking:
1. Can T5550 (1.83GHz, 667MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache) in my Gateway P6860FX be upgraded to any faster CPU?
2. If it is possible what would be the fastest CPU I could get?
3. And lastly, is upgrading on this machine is worth the try? What are pros and cons?
Thanks in advance for any info. There is not much I could find out on my own.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Dear Sirs,
I am not sure if you can help but thought I’d ask anyway.
Please can you advise what the maximum processor that can be put into an ASUS F3Sv-AP075G laptop my laptop currently has a T7300 Intel Centrino dual core but I want to max the potential of the motherboard? I am happy to flash the BIOS if this will allow me to put a better processor in.
Second to this can the graphics card be upgraded or replaced for better? It currently houses a eNvidia GeForce 8600m GS 256MB card and I woulld like to upgrade it to a newer GT version of this card with 512MB+ dedicated memory.
Many thanks in advanced.
Kind regards,
James