Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

  • Congratulations Rhinorhino on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Laptop CPU upgrade

Status
Not open for further replies.

retrochoir

Technical User
Joined
Jan 25, 2002
Messages
120
Location
GB
Is it possible to upgrade the CPU in my laptop?

I have an ACER 2403WXCI (2400 series) laptop with an Intel Celeron M 370 1.5Ghz CPU.

Thanks in advance.
 
Absolutely, but you'll need a few things first.

1. What is the fastest CPU your laptop will hold? This is usually available on the vendor's site.
2. A shop manual, with pictures, also available from the vendor. An email to tech support should get you a .pdf with what you need to know to disassemble/reassemble properly.
3. Is your current CPU heatsink large enough?

Laptops are strange beasts and they are all different. The screws never do what you think they'll do. To change the CPU in my Asus, I need to remove the keyboard! You should also be very good with your hands, small screws and patience.

I would think that by the time you figure in the cost for the new CPU you might be better off getting a new machine or just maxing out the RAM on the one you have. That will have the most effect on speed.

I've looked at your machine and it seems it is only offered with a Celeron M, the difference between the slowest and fastest Celeron M will not be worth the cost or trouble, not to mention you might destroy the laptop accidentally during the process.

Tony
 
I agree with Tony's answers. Even if you were able to get more speed out of that laptop, the other thing to consider is, how well the fan(s) would get the likely increased heat out of the case. Laptops are made thin because we want something compact and non-bulky. CPU generated heat needs to be exhausted from the machine in the quickest possible time otherwise other components in the laptop can start to boil! Air passageways are restricted at the best of times, so increasing the heat with a faster CPU might be asking for trouble...

ROGER - G0AOZ.
 
That's great. Thanks for the advice guys. I might as well leave it if my laptop supports only Celerons.
 
Especially when you can get a Core 2 Duo w/ 1 GB RAM & 160 GB HDD for about $700 US...
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor

Back
Top