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Samsung NP300E5C CPU Compatability

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I recently came into possession of a Samsung NP300E5C-A0CUS.  I was super stoked when I decided to take it apart to discover it uses the PGA988 socket (I had previously only heard legends of laptops with real sockets in them), and so now rather than scrapping it I want to upgrade it to something a bit more capable, since I don't own another laptop.

 

It has in it a Pentium B950, making it a slightly less competent machine than the Pentium e8500 build I just made for someone.  I was hoping to upgrade it with a Sandy Bridge i7 (such as the 2640m), but I've heard that the compatibility of processors with laptop motherboards is less than guaranteed.  Does anyone have any insight in to how I can check the compatibility before I buy?

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