Comments on: Can I upgrade the CPU in my laptop?

By: matt

matt — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:51:38 +0000

i have a dell c640 with new bios a10and an intel cpu 1.8 i no the fsb is 400 can i replce he cpu with a celeron 2.6 both cpu are the same socket 478 and both cpu are mobile chips

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:10:53 +0000

I Have a Toshiba Satellite L455-S5000 , It has A Intel Celeron Processor 900 (SINGLE-CORE)
(1M Cache, 2.20 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
and Im Trying to Upgrade To a Faster Processor For My Animation Rendering and Video Editing ..

Is There Any Upgrades i can do ? Or do i Have to Buy Like A Gaming Laptop ?

By: phobik

phobik — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:47:44 +0000

I’ve been googling about this for a Asus F3SV. First I went to check which chipset the notebook has: Intel PM965, then looking at the datasheet in intel’s site http://www.intel.com/assets/pdf/datasheet/316273.pdf, it mentions support to Core2Duo family, with FSB 533 and 800 MHz. Mine currently has a T7300 @ FSB 800Mhz. Checking Intel’s Core2Duo mobile cpu family http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2duo/mobile/specifications.htm, there are various cpu’s at the 800 Mhz FSB, T9500 being the fastests. Now, if this was a desktop upgrade, at this point I would consider this CPU to be upgradable on this chipset, but reading comments of other people’s experiences, there seems to be some hidden catch to upgrading notebooks. Anything I can be overlooking, before I plunge in the cash?

By: Antonio

Antonio — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:04:15 +0000

S Owen, I’ve managed to upgrade my Acer Aspire 5002 from a Turion 1.6GHz to an Athlon 64 3200+ 2.2GHz, plus 2GB DDR RAM instead of 512k. It works very well.. no need to upgrade bios or something alike. In may case it was just plug&play.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:01:19 +0000

Hi there! I’m glad to know that many had success on upgrading toshiba 1800 series… I managed to disassemble it but CAN’T put the new processor! It fits perfectly on the cpu slot but it doesn’t slide back left to be locked… Is it any trick or hint or hidden button that should be pressed or twisted or something else in order to slide it back?!?!? Thanks very much.

By: S Owen

S Owen — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:31:23 +0000

I have a acer aspire 5532 with a AMD Athlon 1.6Ghz tk-42 processer x2. Could i upgrade the processer to a faster one something like a AMD turion 64 x 2 2.2Ghz many thanks for your help

By: neil

neil — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:22:32 +0000

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

By: jack barcelon

jack barcelon — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:46:25 +0000

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..

By: Perth

Perth — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:11:48 +0000

I have also just upgraded a toshiba satellite s-1800 series laptop. The hardest part is waiting for the parts to arrive from ebay.

By: Leo Schoonbroodt

Leo Schoonbroodt — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:42:59 +0000

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