Laptop CPU Upgrade

[LSPrometheus]

I was wondering if I could replace/upgrade my laptop CPU to something that isn't a pile of crap (AMD A6 4400m). I am not very knowledgeable with AMD sockets or CPUs so I was hoping someone could let me know what other AMD CPUs would work in my laptop.

 

a link to my current cpu- http://www.amazon.com/AMD-A6-4400M-Dual-Core-2-7GHz-AM4400DEC23HJ/dp/B00BQBZ3MW

[SleathX1]

You can't. CPUs are soldered onto the motherboard in laptops.

[Devon_Pearce]

you would have to go to your manufacturers website to see what all they had for cpus on the series of motherboards. If theres one thats more powerful than the one your using you can definitely replace it.

[Devon_Pearce]

You can't. CPUs are soldered onto the motherboard in laptops.

not all are and his is deffinitely not if he found the lone cpu for sale

[cesrai]

You can't. CPUs are soldered onto the motherboard in laptops.

That's true but not for all laptops like a lot of laptops their CPUs are changeable like my Lenovo G580 I can take the CPU out and change it but the problem is finding a CPU.

[Devon_Pearce]

for my girlfriends laptop she has a second gen mobile i5, and her laptop had the option of a second gen i7, it was easy enough to replace.

[Guest]

That's true but not for all laptops like a lot of laptops their CPUs are changeable like my Lenovo G580 I can take the CPU out and change it but the problem is finding a CPU.

Yeah, they are usually expensive as hell on ebay.

[LSPrometheus]

You can't. CPUs are soldered onto the motherboard in laptops.

Ive taken my laptop apart before for a custom ghetto cooling upgrade and I know for a fact that the CPU is replaceable/not soldered to MB.

[Devon_Pearce]

my girlfriends was super cheap since it was so old. some as low as 75 bucks for a quad core i7

[Devon_Pearce]

Ive taken my laptop apart before for a custom ghetto cooling upgrade and I know for a fact that the CPU is replaceable/not soldered to MB.

what is the laptop your trying to upgrade? Ill take a look for you

[manikyath]

you generally can change the cpu, but no, its not worth to even bother.

[LSPrometheus]

what is the laptop your trying to upgrade? Ill take a look for you

HP Pavilion dv6 with AMD A6 4400m

[Devon_Pearce]

these seem to to be the cpus you could upgrade to. 

A10-5750M or A10-4600M

[LSPrometheus]

these seem to to be the cpus you could upgrade to. 

A10-5750M or A10-4600M

couldn't find any information on the a10-5750m but I did find the 4600m on Amazon... so I bought it. I'll let you know if it is successful when i get it installed.

[LSPrometheus]

Yeah, they are usually expensive as hell on ebay.

found a cpu that should work, $30. Expensive? I think not.

[Guest]

found a cpu that should work, $30. Expensive? I think not.

I would go for it. Take apart your laptop and make sure that the socket is accessible. 

[techguru]

bios has to support the cpu as well

[Guest]

You can't. CPUs are soldered onto the motherboard in laptops.

SOME CPU's are soldered, the one in my Alienware M14Xr2 isn't soldered however my GPU is, I took it apart to fix the thermal issues but they're not made to be took apart and put back together again just saying its all sitting in a box so if anyone wants 8GB of Samsung RAM or somethin they can have it

[LSPrometheus]

SOME CPU's are soldered, the one in my Alienware M14Xr2 isn't soldered however my GPU is, I took it apart to fix the thermal issues but they're not made to be took apart and put back together again just saying its all sitting in a box so if anyone wants 8GB of Samsung RAM or somethin they can have it

would that 8gb be ddr3 so-dimm by any chance?

[Guest]

would that 8gb be ddr3 so-dimm by any chance?

I was mainly joking when I said that

if i really wanted to, I'd put it on the classifieds, I'll probably buy a laptop w the lowest amount of RAM possible to save some $ 

[LSPrometheus]

I was mainly joking when I said that

if i really wanted to, I'd put it on the classifieds, I'll probably buy a laptop w the lowest amount of RAM possible to save some $ 

darn :'(

[Devon_Pearce]

found a cpu that should work, $30. Expensive? I think not.

have fun, and good luck lol