hp dv6626us cpu question?

i want to upgrade my processor, its a T5250 atm. i was wondering what is the highest processor i can upgrade to without having to mess with the BIOS. If i can upgrade it to a T8300 newegg would be the best place to buy the processor at right? I'm new to the whole aftermarket upgrade.

 

You should have no problem upgrading to the T7300, T7500, T7700.
You will need a new bios revision to support the 45nm chips such as the T8xxx and T9xxx processors.
Upgrading the Bios is very easy and straightforward. It will only take about 30 minutes, to hunt down the driver, make a bootable cd and flash it.

It is worth it cause you can get the T8300 for less than the T7500 and such.

K-TRON

 

i have seen the prices for the t8300 and the t9300 and i am leaning towards the t9300, but is there a place where i can get step by step instructions on how to change the BIOS, i just want to make sure i don't mess anything up. thank you for the quick reply btw.

 

Here is the driver page for your machine http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&cc=us&lang=en&dlc=en&product=3548378

Go down to BIOS, click on it to open the page, and follow the brief instructions given. The procedure is rather straightforward....

 

i personally never buy upgrade CPUs for laptops thru RETAIL channels..

Ebay tends to have a wealth of used CPUs and even some RETAIL BOX CPUs.
in the past 6 months i have purchased (6) upgrade CPUs from EBAY and all work perfectly and were well below the cost of a RETAIL CPU thru an average vendor...

i've yet to see a CPU just FAIL for no reason,, sure i've seen many die due to overheating, overvolting, and all sorts of things but i've seen this because i've worked building and repairing PCs for over 10 yrs...today's CPUs are very robust and can be expected to live a long and happy life baring outside faults causing damage...

i've got a 386 desktop that i use as a firewall running a LINUX variant that is built to be nothing more than a firewall/router and this PC runs 24/7/365 for months between POWER FAILURES caused by storms or other issues with physical power lines.

i guess my point is this: if you can buy an OEM CPU for $200, is it worth $100 more for a 3 year warranty from the manufacturer...
and if RETAIL CPUS are actually better and have longer life expectancy, then why do the vast majority of PC manufacturers buy OEM CPUs instead of RETAIL CPUs? IMO they buy OEM CPUs because they come off the same manufacturing lines and can be expected to live just as long (usually longer since they are being installed by technicians who work in anti-static environments and take precautions the average hobbist/upgrader doesn't know about or worry about which results in many RETAIL CPUs being replaced under warranty which causes the price to rise higher)

OEM VS RETAIL CPU RANT NOW OVER