to owners of Presario CQ62 CPU upgrade info

hey, everyone.

I have been creeping the crap out of Ebay waiting for some Phenom II gets posted and they finally did.

HMP650SGR23GM | eBay

if u want to upgrade your CQ62 cpu from Athlon II p320 to Phenom II P650
this is your chance price is pretty deep thou and TDP is 25w on that CPU.

they also have some triple core
HMP860SGR32GM | eBay
they ain't cheap either...

quad:
HMP960SGR42GM | eBay
expensive as hell

lol

 

I have a CQ62 with a V140 processor as well. And I'm eyeing the Turion II P540 processor since it falls within my budget, and phenom II doesnt

However, I was actually looking for threads and pages with a how-to on actually taking out the CQ62 processor and putting in the new one. So please, take some pics and write us up your experience when taking apart the CQ62 and putting in the new processor.

Thanks

 

P540 is on sale for about $50 on eBay.

You will need to follow this:

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02641795.pdf

I did a similar upgrade on a CQ56. I did not disassemble the entire display only detached it and carefully raised the motherboard by 90 degrees without removing display cables. Then I loosened the heat sink to remove the processor, cleaned up the new processor before applying new thermal paste and put it in. You need to be very gentle throughout especially with those ZIF cables.

 

Good info mc00 and dchen2k. Thanks for posting it.

Anyone looking for upgrade or performance tips for the CQ56 or CQ62 can find more technical information here: LINK

 

Well the prices still sky high for the cpu I mention
so I'm going choose Turion II P540 waiting i get pay next week.
shouldn't be hard take cq62 apart if have experience taking laptop apart
should be piece of cake.

edit:
HAHA... just find out I can run N620 on mines with 35 watt is pretty cheap on ebay.

 

Yes, nice prices on this CPU and a big improvement over the stock CPU. This is a good choice for the CQ56 or the CQ62. Here's a great deal ($65) on the N620...

AMD Phenom II Dual-Core Mobile N620 HMN620DCR23GM | eBay

 

yep... that's same seller I bought it from... hehe

 

hey, im planning on upgrading my presario too. I was considering the Phenom II ( Amazon.com : HP 594169-001 AMD Phenom II Quad-Core mobile processor N930 - 2.0GHz (Champlain, 2MB Level-2 cache, 35W TDP) - Includes replacement thermal material - For use with 6555b and 6455b models : Computers & Accessories ) but im not fully sure. I wanted your guys advice on the best CPU compatible with the presario. Money isnt really a problem just not past $200. I really just want the best i can make of this PC. im already upgrading my RAM to 8GB. My friend has built plenty computers and is gonna help me if i need help upgrading my CPU. Thanks in advance!