is this possible?

Question

could you buy a computer processor off of like ebay or something, and then put it into your laptop? if you can, how do you? my computer is run on 1.73 Ghz and i wanna buy a 2.80 Ghz processor so it will run hecka faster. please let me know anything and everything you know about this stuff.

Answer 1

you can;t do it. contact your service provider

Answer 2

Most laptops use low power drain CPUs. The easiest way to cut power consumption is to slow down the CPU's clock. A 1.73 GHz CPU is actually pretty good for the average laptop. My Dell D800 is only 1.6 GHz and the fastest I've seen is around 2.0 GHz. The performance diff between a 1.73 and a 2.0 would not be worth the expense. Or the risk of opening up your laptop.

Unless you've got one of the few extreme "gamer" laptops that use a full size and full power CPU, that swap isn't going to be possible. (And I don't recall seeing any 1.73 GHz full size CPUs so you probably don't have one of those.)

Now, all of that said, you probably CAN boost your laptop considerably by adding more RAM to it. Many newer laptops will support up to 2 GB of RAM and virtually all of them made in the past 2 or so years will support 1 GB of RAM. If you have less than that, upgrade to the max that yours supports.

Answer 3

I'm no expert, but I think it could be done. Seems a little googling told me otherwise (than the other naysayers). BUT you have to make sure the motherboard can specifically handle that speed 2.80. And I think you have to get the "mobile" processor, not the desktop version. Do a little research on AMD or Intel.

Answer 4

Sorry, can't be done. the CPU on a laptop is fused to the baord. that makes them non-upgradable. I suppose an engineer with the time and patients could remove a chip and place another on but that is a risky operation since if you get one little oops then the whole motheboard is toast.