Laptop processor transferrability

kn100 · 10 Jan 2012 at 19:23

I have a broken Dell Latitude e6500 here (basically fried the charging circuitry on it, don't ask how, it's a long and embarrassing story for another time xD, now it doesn't charge batteries and refuses to run any faster than 800mhz). It contains a core 2 duo p9500 running at 2.53ghz.

I also have a compaq presario a900CTO which contains a pentium dual core t2370 running at 1.73ghz.

Can I transplant the c2d into the presario?

Darkpilgrim · 10 Jan 2012 at 19:42

Well they are the same socket so i don't see why not.
Although i'm not 100% sure, so I would wait for someone who has done it before

pcAnywhere · 10 Jan 2012 at 19:47

Heat output might be an issue.

PhillyDee · 10 Jan 2012 at 19:59

The motherboard MAY not support it. And there will not be a BIOS update. It will physically fit though. It may be a bugger to get to!

.Jay. · 10 Jan 2012 at 20:00

As Darkpilgrim said, I would imagine you could. Make sure cooling is sufficient and there is ample room for it to sit once its moved over.

kn100 · 10 Jan 2012 at 21:05

Hmn, if the motherboard doesn't support it, will it do any damage to either of the parts? or will it just refuse to boot?

If I can do this, I can finally get some of the speed I had with my latitude back. I wish I had the cash to fix that thing

Damn motherboards, why u so expensive.

PhillyDee · 10 Jan 2012 at 22:00

Would just refuse to boot.

kn100 · 4 Mar 2012 at 13:20

Yep, just refusing to boot, but jesus christ. Getting the C2D out of my Latitude was a piece of cake, not difficult at all. Getting the Pentium out of my Compaq however was another story. Hory.

scrlk · 4 Mar 2012 at 14:18

kn100 said:
Yep, just refusing to boot, but jesus christ. Getting the C2D out of my Latitude was a piece of cake, not difficult at all. Getting the Pentium out of my Compaq however was another story. Hory.

Let me guess - you needed to strip 90% of the base unit out.