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Can you upgrade the cpu processor on your notebook?

post #1 of 9
7/6/05 at 3:52pm
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Hey, is this possible? Thanks.
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post #2 of 9
7/6/05 at 3:54pm
should be possible...tho not always very easy.
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post #3 of 9
7/6/05 at 3:55pm
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But if I bought a new processor and brought it in to compusa could they install it for me?
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post #4 of 9
7/6/05 at 3:56pm
that i do not know, should probably ask compusa. tho doing this might void ur warranty.
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post #5 of 9
7/6/05 at 4:59pm
it would have to physically fit into the laptop lol...
If you could be more specific with your laptop... then the cpu ur putting in afterwards..
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post #6 of 9
7/6/05 at 5:55pm
I highly doubt that CompUSA would open a laptop. Actually I don't think I would let CompUSA open my laptop!

Martian
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post #7 of 9
7/6/05 at 5:58pm
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Originally Posted by Martian
I highly doubt that CompUSA would open a laptop. Actually I don't think I would let CompUSA open my laptop!

Martian
and most likely a lot of ppl from CompUSA just don't know how to open your laptop haha
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post #8 of 9
7/6/05 at 9:39pm
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and most likely a lot of ppl from CompUSA just don't know how to open your laptop haha
Ouch!

Anyway, it depends entirely on the notebook. For example, ECS' notebooks, while not always the most reliable machines, are mostly completely modular. They allow you to upgrade the HDD, RAM, CPU, etc. quite easily. In fact, it appears to be even easier than doing so a desktop. There are a few other manufacturers that also make it fairly straight-forward to upgrade a CPU easily (ie.: they put it into a separate, easy-to-access compartment), but they are few and far between.

Some manufacturers, such as Dell or IBM, give detailed instructions in their manuals on upgrading the CPUs in their notebooks, but you practically have to take the entire notebook apart to do so.

For the most part, in most, if not all, recently manufactured notebooks, it is physically possible to upgrade the CPU. However, be careful as this will usually void any warranty on the notebook
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post #9 of 9
7/6/05 at 9:41pm
Make that ALL the warrenty
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