triying to upgrade a processor

[Airmint]

first im not an english spoker so, maybe my gramar is bad

 

my girfriend has a hp 15-f003dx notebook

just like this: ( bestbuy link)

 

http://media.flixcar.com/delivery/minisite/show/160/us/890052

 

we are going to upgrade for more Ram,, but i want to know if is posible to change the processor or not,, i was thinking that is soldered but idk.. thx.

 

in the case that is posible, what kind of cpu i should use?

[Jurrunio]

no, all mobile CPUs are soldered. You cant change it yourself.

[Crunchy Dragon]

-Thread moved to CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory-

[rcmaehl]

Also Mobile CPUs are soldered unless it's more than 6 years old. You can swap them out but you need a machine worth $6000 and one mistake and the entire thing could be unrecoverable. 

[Spotty]

3 minutes ago, Airmint said:

my girfriend has a hp 15-f003dx notebook

The FT3 socket that your CPU uses is a BGA socket, which means it is soldered to the motherboard.

 

As for your memory upgrade, this is possible. Your motherboard has 2 SODIMM slots for DDR3L memory. You will need to check the compatible RAM configurations, as the service manual for the laptop only specifies support for 8GB of RAM with a single 8GB stick (no listed support for 8GB with 2x4GB sticks for some reason?).

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Source: https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-15-f000-notebook-pc-series/7137590/model/7582564/manuals

Source: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04763999 (Page 11)

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

no, all mobile CPUs are soldered. You cant change it yourself.

Not all mobile CPUs, but pretty much all of the newer ones are soldered.

[Airmint]

20 minutes ago, Airmint said:

first im not an english spoker so, maybe my gramar is bad

 

my girfriend has a hp 15-f003dx notebook

just like this: ( bestbuy link)

 

http://media.flixcar.com/delivery/minisite/show/160/us/890052

 

we are going to upgrade for more Ram,, but i want to know if is posible to change the processor or not,, i was thinking that is soldered but idk.. thx.

 

in the case that is posible, what kind of cpu i should use?

she has that laptop since 2012-2013 

[Airmint]

she has that laptop since 2012-2013 so maybe isnt soldered? 

[Spotty]

1 hour ago, Airmint said:

she has that laptop since 2012-2013 so maybe isnt soldered? 

It definitely is soldered.

According to the laptop model number you provided, it is an AMD A6-5200 CPU which is FT3 socket. FT3 socket is BGA (Ball Grid Array) which are soldered CPUs.

 

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"Kabini", "Temash" (2013)

• Fabrication 28 nm by TSMC
• Socket FT3 (BGA)
• 2 to 4 CPU Cores (Jaguar (microarchitecture))
• MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, F16C, CLMUL, AES, MOVBE (Move Big-Endian instruction), XSAVE/XSAVEOPT, ABM, BMI1, AMD-V support
• Turbo Dock Technology, C6 and CC6 low power states
• GPU based on Graphics Core Next (GCN)
• AMD Eyefinity multi-monitor for up to two displays

Kabini, Mainstream APU

Model	Stepping	CPU			GPU			Memory support	TDP	Released	Part number
		Cores	Clock	L2 cache	Model	Config2	Clock
E1-2100	B0	2	1.0 GHz	1 MB	HD 8210	128:8:4	300 MHz	DDR3L-1333	9 W	May 2013	EM2100ICJ23HM
E1-2200			1.05 GHz							Feb 2014	EM2200ICJ23HM
E1-2500			1.4 GHz		HD 8240		400 MHz		15 W	May 2013	EM2500IBJ23HM
E2-3000			1.65 GHz		HD 8280		450 MHz	DDR3L-1600		May 2013	EM3000IBJ23HM
E2-3800		4	1.3 GHz	2 MB						Feb 2014	EM3800IBJ44HM
A4-5000			1.5 GHz		HD 8330		497 MHz			May 2013	AM5000IBJ44HM
A4-5100			1.55 GHz							Feb 2014	AM5100IBJ44HM
A6-5200			2.0 GHz		HD 8400		600 MHz		25 W	May 2013	AM5200IAJ44HM
A4 Pro-3340B			2.2 GHz		HD 8240		400 MHz			Nov 2014	AM334BIAJ44HM

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_accelerated_processing_unit_microprocessors#"Kabini",_"Temash"_(2013)

 

[Airmint]

i was searching on net and i read that is posible to change a soldered processor that just is dificult and let a pro do it... but i wanna know if thats true? was a indian page btw...and what kind of techician i should go.. thx

[Spotty]

8 minutes ago, Airmint said:

i was searching on net and i read that is posible to change a soldered processor that just is dificult and let a pro do it... but i wanna know if thats true? was a indian page btw...and what kind of techician i should go.. thx

You would still need to re-solder a CPU that is compatible with the motherboard. This limits your CPU options to whatever is in the same CPU family, and I'm not sure there really is anything better than your current CPU that would be compatible with that motherboard. There's also no guarantee that the motherboard or its BIOS supports any other CPUs other than the one that is installed.
Even if there was something slightly better than the current CPU, that was compatible with the system, the upgrade in performance you would receive from doing this would be so minimal that it wouldn't even be noticeable.

The cost of paying a technician to do the CPU swap, as well as the cost of the new CPU, would likely be more than the cost of just buying a more modern used laptop.

[Airmint]

1 hour ago, Spotty said:

You would still need to re-solder a CPU that is compatible with the motherboard. This limits your CPU options to whatever is in the same CPU family, and I'm not sure there really is anything better than your current CPU that would be compatible with that motherboard. There's also no guarantee that the motherboard or its BIOS supports any other CPUs other than the one that is installed.
Even if there was something slightly better than the current CPU, that was compatible with the system, the upgrade in performance you would receive from doing this would be so minimal that it wouldn't even be noticeable.

The cost of paying a technician to do the CPU swap, as well as the cost of the new CPU, would likely be more than the cost of just buying a more modern used laptop.

thx for your help.. another and the last thing.. what do you recomend for:

 

get a better performance from his laptop.

she wants play league of legends with me, but idk how to help her,

 

maybe a new SO? with less Req. specs? i veen reading a thread that says win 10 asks almost the same specs than win 8 but there says " if the Vram is on overcapaciti the sistem takes Ram to fill the caps or something like that"... if that is possible just upgrade to 8gb RAM and maybe.. just maybe it works a little better?

 

i install razer cortex and that just give us like 4 fps more

 

 

[Spotty]

1 minute ago, Airmint said:

thx for your help.. another and the last thing.. what do you recomend for:

 

get a better performance from his laptop.

she wants play league of legends with me, but idk how to help her,

 

maybe a new SO? with less Req. specs? i veen reading a thread that says win 10 asks almost the same specs than win 8 but there says " if the Vram is on overcapaciti the sistem takes Ram to fill the caps or something like that"... if that is possible just upgrade to 8gb RAM and maybe.. just maybe it works a little better?

Yeah mate, just get a new girlfriend.

 

Or if you have sentimental attachment to that one, look at buying a new laptop or newer 2nd hand laptop.

[-rascal-]

3 hours ago, Airmint said:

thx for your help.. another and the last thing.. what do you recomend for:

 

get a better performance from his laptop.

she wants play league of legends with me, but idk how to help her,

 

maybe a new SO? with less Req. specs? i veen reading a thread that says win 10 asks almost the same specs than win 8 but there says " if the Vram is on overcapaciti the sistem takes Ram to fill the caps or something like that"... if that is possible just upgrade to 8gb RAM and maybe.. just maybe it works a little better?

 

i install razer cortex and that just give us like 4 fps more

 

 

 

What do you mean by "SO" ?

 

The Radeon HD 8400 in your girlfriend's laptop uses system memory (RAM) as Video Memory (VRAM) for the video card.

The laptop has 4GB of RAM, it might be reserving 0.5GB or 1GB to use a VRAM -- you can change this in the laptop's BIOS settings.

 

If you do not have enough RAM/VRAM, the performance will slow down.

If this is happening, upgrading the RAM will help.

 

The Radeon HD 8400 is not very strong to begin with.

Giving it more VRAM than needed will not fix a weak video card problem.

 

The HP HP 15-f003dx can support a maximum of up to 16GB RAM.

It has two (2) RAM slots.

If you want maximum RAM, you can use 2 X 8GB.

 

The system now only has 4GB, 1 X 4GB.

You can add 1 more 4GB for a total of 8GB  (2 X 4GB).

8GB should be enough.

[Spotty]

3 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

What do you mean by "SO" ?

Significant Other. He wants to know if he should replace his girlfriend with one that has less requirements.

[-rascal-]

1 hour ago, Spotty said:

Significant Other. He wants to know if he should replace his girlfriend with one that has less requirements.

 

Ohhh lololol.

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