Is this CPU soldered?

[Missile-striker]

I want to upgrade to an amd atlon apu, so I was wondering if this was soldered.  I have a 2011 dell latitude.

CPU pictures:

[Snipergod87]

No thats a socket.

Where the hole is in the black metal above the white socket there is a black flat head screw, twist is 90 or 180 (I forget) degrees and you can remove the cpu.

[Missile-striker]

Ok, how would you take the CPU out?

 

[Snipergod87]

I just told you^, also thats an Intel I7 2620m you cannot put an AMD cpu in there.

 

You might be able to get a real quad core in there like a 2670QM but I don't know if the BIOS or the cooling can handle it.

[Razor Blade]

1 minute ago, Missile-striker said:

Ok, how would you take the CPU out?

 

a small flat head screwdriver most likely. The in the middle, there is a hole with an arrow pointing to it. My old Centrino laptop is the same way.

[Snipergod87]

These are the CPU's compatible with that socket, whether or not the motherboard has a BIOS to support them is unknown.

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codename/29900/sandy-bridge.html#@Mobile

[Missile-striker]

Thank you!