Question:
How can i upgrade my Compaq's laptop CPU speed the LESS expensive way?? Help plz!?
anonymous
2009-11-21 14:32:57 UTC
Hello! I have a Compaq Presario CQ60 Laptop and i was wondering what is the less exppensive way to upgrade my CPU speed. Please help & if you have any questions concerning this please ask me! Thank you!
Five answers:
Dream Chaser
2009-11-21 14:40:53 UTC
Reading between the lines, you need help overclocking? Google the word.
Bon Gart
2009-11-21 22:48:15 UTC
Your first mistake is assuming that there are multiple ways to upgrade a CPU.



If you had a desktop, and it had a good quality motherboard, you would be able to Overclock, which is a fancy word meaning to alter the operational settings and make the chip perform faster than recommended. However, this means that you need to have a motherboard which allows you to ALTER those settings. Laptops do not have motherboards which allow those settings to be altered. Why? Well, for one, altering those settings makes the CPU run hotter. In a desktop, you can simply use a larger than factory heatsink and fan combination, to dissipate the heat. You can't do that in a laptop. And laptops run so close to factory tolerances in regards to heat, anything that makes a laptop run hotter than it should, causes it to shut down. So, no overclocking for you.



Now, if Compaq sold that model laptop with a faster CPU than you have, you could purchase a new CPU for it. Changing a CPU just means completely disassembling the laptop, removing the heatpipe and cooling fin assembly, unlocking the processor socket, replacing the chip, relocking the socket, re-pasting the processor, mounting the heatpipe and cooling fin assembly, and reassembling the laptop. A few hours labor. Again, that all depends on whether or not Compaq ever offered that model laptop with a faster processor. You might already have the fastest processor that was offered in that model line. That would mean that even IF there was a faster processor for that socket, chances are, that BIOS would not recognize it because Compaq/HP would not have made that BIOS to recognize a faster chip. SO, do your research, and see if there even WAS a faster processor offered in that model.



But, that is your only option.



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nuclear2011
2009-11-21 22:43:11 UTC
Not quite sure what you mean but if you just want to find a cheap processor check newegg.com they have a lot of computer stuff cheap, just look and make sure it is the right kind and will fit in you're computer. I wouldn't generally recommend it if you aren't very good with hardware though, any kind of laptop upgrade is difficult if you don't know what you are doing, generally its very tight in there, only ram and hard drives are meant to be upgraded, they design them to be replaced when the hardware is out of date. Also if the new CPU is much better it will draw more juice and decrease battery life and well as generating more heat and possibly damaging you're system.
supanam82
2009-11-21 22:43:24 UTC
clear out all unused programs on your hard drive. and for large programs, music, photos, etc - buy an external hard drive and load them on there. with most external drives - you can run programs off of it, freeing space on your CPU should boost the speed.



otherwise you can go to an electronics store and purchase a faster processor or higher RAM and install it then - honestly tho, most laptops are pretty cheap now esp. with black friday coming up. should be able to get a good deal for less than $500. bestbuy.com has a few prices just below $400 right now
anonymous
2009-11-21 22:39:38 UTC
Can't change the CPU in a laptop


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