Laptops,can It Be Upgradeable????

well iam wondering,in the future, when 2.3,2.4-2.5ish ghz and so on laptop cpu's become available,can we upgrade our existing laptop's cpus..which is core 2 duo compatible of course,to those higher core 2 duo clock speeds,is it even possible to do that,or it is true that you can't upgrade a laptop(period).
and does that go with the video card also of our laptops can it be upgraded also???
how come its so hard or nearly impossible to upgrade a laptop...anyone????
wouldn't that be a great thing that laptops can be easily be upgradeable????

well just a tought though!

cheers

 

Yeah you should be able to upgrade your CPU but you can't upgrade you GPU.

The main reason that laptops are not upgradeable is because they are under a lot more wear and tear than a normal desktop receives. I have also heard that many parts inside laptops are actually sodered to the motherboard with makes the practically impossible to remove successfully.
Tim

 

It's hard due to the size and form, everything is made differently, unlike desktops where it's all in standard sizes so everything can fit right in. And of course there is space restrictions, some parts need more air flow, and notebooks take note(Hah, a pun) on part sizes, and of course, heat.

As well, like desktops, the processors have to follow their respectively 'families' you can't upgrade if its not in the same chipset.

Pretty much, the Hard Drive and RAM are the easiest to do. The CPU and Wireless card is more complex, and at times even may void your warranty. Everything else *is* possible, but in the end its not worth it.

 

My part of town, I can't even touch the RAM & HD or else my warranty will be void

 

ok tnx guys 4 d info appreciate it very much

 

....so you said its possible for the cpu's to be upgraded....but is it readily available i mean u can get separately boxed laptop processors????or u have to bring it to your service center and let them upgrade it for u then as well as if they con provide you the processor for that matter???
*or would'nt it be nice to just trade-in to the manufacturers old laptops to a new one/latest models...wish that is possible???
anyways just something to think thats all

tnx everyone again

 

Getting the CPU isn't that big a deal. Newegg, Mwave, eWiz, etc generally stock them. Now, whether or not HP will update the BIOS to support new CPU core revisions is another matter. HP stops doing that once they switch to a newer model. Getting to the CPU socket in current HP notebooks requires disassembling just about everything and that's a very, very hazardous thing to do (see the service guide for your notebook, available on hp.com).

I might try swapping a new 65nm Turion X2 chip into my dv9000z when AMD starts shipping those chips mid-2007, if HP updates the BIOS to support them. Then again, AMD is much better about keeping their socket designs stable than Intel. (AMD chose to make 65nm desktop chips first rather than laptop, announced today, which was the safer choice but disappointing.)

 

You should be able to unless they change the form factor or the cpu's

 

The next version of the Core 2 (sometime in Spring 07) will not be pin compatible with the current Core 2 models.

This is mainly because they are going to a higher bus speed and adding further improvements to the chip (as if they aren't good enough as it is!).