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HP DV7-1175NR CPU Upgrade

post #1 of 6
11/10/08 at 12:47am
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I have a HP DV7-1175nr from Best Buy and I need some help on how to replace the cpu with my new cpu a Intel t-9300. I need to know how to get to were the cpu is on my laptop HP DV7-1175NR.

Here are the specs....


Product Name dv7-1175nr Product Number FS152UA#ABA Microprocessor 2 GHz Intel Centrino Processor Technology featuring Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5800 Microprocessor Cache 2 MB L2 Cache Memory 4096 MB Memory Max 8192 MB Video Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Video Memory Up to 2303 MB (512 MB dedicated) Hard Drive 320 GB (5400 rpm) Multimedia Drive Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double Layer Display 17.0” diagonal WXGA+ High-Definition Brightview Infinity Display (1440x900) Fax/Modem High speed 56K modem Network Card Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN Wireless Connectivity Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN Sound Altec Lansing speakers Keyboard 101-key compatible Pointing Device Touch Pad with dedicated vertical and horizontal Scroll Up/Down pad PC Card Slots
  • One ExpressCard/54 slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)
External Ports
  • 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
  • 4 Universal Serial Bus USB 2.0
  • 4th port shared with eSATA
  • 1 VGA (15-pin)
  • 1 HDMI
  • 1 RJ-11 (modem)
  • eSATA + USB 2.0
  • 1 RJ -45 (LAN)
  • 2 headphone-out
  • 1 microphone-in
  • 1 notebook expansion port 3
  • 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin)
  • 1 Consumer IR
Dimensions 15.59 (L) x 11.22" (D) x 1.31 (min H)/1.66(max H) Weight 7.64 lbs Security
  • Kensington MicroSaver lock slot
  • Power-on password
  • Accepts 3rd party security lock devices
Power
  • 90 W AC Adapter
  • 8-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)
What's In The Box HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated Microphone

HP Mobile Remote Control
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post #2 of 6
11/10/08 at 1:16am
Well, I'm guessing since you have a HP, the panel you're going to want to remove to get to your ZIF socket is going to be located underneath the left side of the mouse pad.

Once you pull that off, you're going to see (and of should see) the cooling fan. Pull that off, delicatly, remove the processor, place in the new one, add some Arctic Silver Thermal Paste (please, do tell me you bought some thermal paste), replace the cooling fan, add the panel, and rememebr what screws went where.
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post #3 of 6
11/11/08 at 4:36pm
Goto the HP website and find your system's maint. manual. It shows how to get to the CPU...it's a bitch.
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post #4 of 6
11/11/08 at 9:58pm
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Originally Posted by dr/owned View Post
Goto the HP website and find your system's maint. manual. It shows how to get to the CPU...it's a bitch.
It IS a bit involved, to say the least, although it can be done. Do not "guess" about this though, download the manual, it will give you step-by=step directions...definitely the way to go if you are going to do it on your own! There is a specific order in which you want to remove things in order to get to the CPU!
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post #5 of 6
11/11/08 at 10:47pm
Yes...I was trying to get to my CPU and I HAD to give up halfway because I was absolutely terrified I was going to permanently damage something in the process (like removing a ZIF connector....ZIF my butt)
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post #6 of 6
11/17/08 at 2:51pm
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Originally Posted by dr/owned View Post
Yes...I was trying to get to my CPU and I HAD to give up halfway because I was absolutely terrified I was going to permanently damage something in the process (like removing a ZIF connector....ZIF my butt)

I have replaced the original cpu with a t-9300 cpu with 6mv of cache and a 80mhz fsb. It is a bit faster now thanks to the cache but the original cpu also had a 800mhz fsb. I did have to remove almost all screws but i did it and it works!

my windows Vista Ultimate score is 5.0
my windows 7 (thats rights 7) is a 4.8

say how do you up load a picture here from my pc tp show my score?

Component Details Subscore Base score Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz 5.4 4.8 Determined by lowest subscore Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 5.1 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 4.9 Gaming graphics 2301 MB Total available graphics memory 4.8 Primary hard disk 230GB Free (287GB Total) 5.6
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