Upgrading Intel P7350

[Gashman]

right simple question, mate of mine offer me an Intel Q9200 for next to nothing and it is compatible socket wise with my laptop, both use Socket P. the thing is can I actually remove my processor from this laptop (Acer Aspire 6935G) and if so will the motherboard/socket be able to handle the increased power draw from the quad-core. the battery life is already shocking so not bothered about that, just curious to know whether it would improve performance and whether it is actually physically possible to swap them out? cheers folks

 

[Gashman]

never disassembled a laptop but would guess the CPU socket will look similar to the ones in desktop systems right? would imagine it would be a decent boost in performance as well, from dual-core to quad-core, bit worried about the cooling system as well mind, because my quad-core on desktop gets rather warm! might check motherboard and stuff in a bit, can check that in CPU-Z right?

 

[Gashman]

desktop and laptop chips aren't interchangable! I thought the chip you said was the same socket.

yeah they are both socket P, but was thinking perhaps the quad-core mobile parts are warm running. was only using the desktop part as a reference, although mobile parts have much lower TDP. thanks for posting the video up, will give it a look, the laptop is already fairly quick as it is but can never have too much under the bonnet!

 

[Gashman]

The Q9200 is a socket p looking at the link below.

http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/QA/QAVS.html

yeah its a Core 2 Quad Mobile.

 

[Gashman]

how would one find out whether my VRMs and stuff can handle a quad, know the chipset and such if that helps?

Edit: the technical data on the chipset (intel PM45) says CPU: Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, is that promising?