[chalmette70043]

I have the intel celeron processor in my laptop. Does anyone know if its possible to remove that processor and install an intel pentium processor?

Thanks,
chalmette70043

[Mystry]

what kind of laptop are you taking about Chalmette? generically speaking it is possible...here is a link to a forum where the guy is considering this same option... web page

[chalmette70043]

Thanks Mystry. I'm going to look more into. I had also checked out newegg and found the correct processor i would need. Now i know i can do it. I just dont want to be the idiot to brake something here trying to upgrade it. So i'm off to do more research.

Thanks

[Perna]

Laptops are difficult to work on and have a lot of other issues; it's not like working on a desktop. Replacing the Celeron with a Pentium will probably cause overheating issues. If you mess with your laptop, all warranties are null and void. It's a small "enclosed" space and the manufacturer put in a Celeron for several reasons, not just because it was less expensive; there's all sorts of other parts that "want" the CPU to be a Celeron.

[Mr_Unstable]

Well, I don't mean to sound like I know better than the guy in the link, nor that you haven't done your research right.

first of all:
"Since laptop computers are delicate electronic/mechanical devices that greatly differ between systems, Intel does not recommend opening or upgrading the processor in an laptop computer. If you wish to upgrade a laptop computer, you should contact the laptop manufacturer."

I just want you to know that cpu's are often a tricky situation: it's important to know which motherboard is in now. Your laptop's motherboard will only be compatible with processors that are about the same speed like the one you have now: over time, the sockets that connect the cpu with the motherboard, and thereby with the rest of the laptop, have been changed over time by Intel. this is because other things have changed aswell, like the number of times that the memory can be accessed in a second, and because the cpu needs to connect to the memory through the motherboard. You can't buy a VCR, and expect it to play DVD's. What you càn do is buying a video tape that is made better/stronger, or get one that has more length to record to, so you can record 4h instead of 2h.

So, don't expect your laptop to be a new one when you changed the cpu.

If you would decide to do this anyway, I really recommend you to go to a computer store with a repair service(small ones usually do, things like *****art will simply tell you "you're much better off buying a new one").
I've been assembling my own computers(desktops) since the age of 14, started 'programming' at the age of seven in GW-Basic(didn't really understand it then, but copied code from books to try to make own games), studied computer science at university till I got sick, worked in a repair service, been a computer store manager, have a laptop now... but I would never try to upgrade my laptops processor.

in short:
1) the speed profit will most likely be minimal, and not worth the cost
2) it will probably be hard to find a processor to fit an old machine, even for desktops
3) íf you decide to do it, let it be done by a professional: if he messes up, you can demand a replacement, instead of just not being able to visit PC anymore.

I'm sorry, I hope I didn't dissapoint you. Fast computers and the 'new' things can seem attractive, but if you just want to browse the web, check emails, an old celeron(there are many cpu's that are called celeron/centrino, but that vary much in speed) with a good old windows '98/win98SE, is certainly enough.

and for the guy in the link: hope he has a lot of luck with his 'degrees', if he doesn't know how to use Google.

[chalmette70043]

Thank ya'll. And nope its not going to work with this laptop i got. I talked with someone at a local computer shop down here and hes worked alot on toshiba's. He told me it would be cheaper for me to go out and get a laptop with a pentium in it already. Cause me having it changed out is going to be changing out this and that and all these other parts. And he said it may still not do the job i want it to.

Thats alright though.

Thanks for helping me figure this out.

[Mystry]

That's cool chalmette...although I would do it just for the experience...lol...