Can i upgrade the CPU on a pre built Notebook?

Trollhunter · Post by **Trollhunter** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:42 pm

I wonder if i can take out my celeron 1.7 and replace it with a P4.
I have a Compaq pressario 2100US.

Sorry for this noob question on notebooks

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:46 pm

It all depends on how the chip is in there, some laptops have the cpu soldered on to the motherboard. I could not find anything specific in my quick search. sorry.

Trollhunter · Post by **Trollhunter** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:32 pm

thanks for the help again i hoping to give this thing some extened life so when i try to build my new note book next year i can give my old one away to my litttle bro.

EvilCloudStrife · Post by **EvilCloudStrife** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 2:19 pm

you could open the laptop up and see? i had a inspiron 2200 that had a celeron M that was upgraded to a 2ghz dothan. awesome if you ask me! ;)

copperpony_48 · Post by **copperpony_48** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:00 am

if it is a p4 laptop then it will come with a zif socket usually located at the bottom for ease of use and service then remove the heat sink and you can then replace the cpu with the better one!!!

R3N3G4D3 · Post by **R3N3G4D3** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:58 pm

doesn't SiSoft Sandra tell you if your CPU is upgradable? I think it does, that's how I found out that my Dell Latitude C640 with 1.7 GHz can support up to 2.4 GHz

SAMSAMHA · Post by **SAMSAMHA** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:09 pm

I think most of today's newer notebook allows you to upgrade the cpu, the question is how long will that effect the battery life as well as cooling solution. The truth is that it may not worth that much to upgrade the cpu as the cpu alone might cost you around 100ish or more but if you look online you can actually buy a new laptop for around 500-600 or even 700 for the pentium M laptop, maybe you can consider sell your laptop and upgrade to a new system.