not quite an overclocking question but i figured you guys would probably know what to tell me haha

i have an hp dv6238 laptop
intel dual core t2250 1.73GHz cpu

(not sure exactly what other info you need, do let me know. i have everest and can pull most right off there. unfortunately chipset comes up as "unknown" but if you can tell me another way to find it i'll do so.)

i'd like to upgrade to something

"2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent"

having read the dv6000 (which seem to all use the same motherboard) maintenance/service list it suggested intel t7200 as the top (unsure if its top in terms of what was available when it was written or top in terms of what this system can support) but i've had mixed comments on whether its actually compatible so i'm at a loss


any help would be greatly appreciated

ideally i'd like something thats pretty much a "drop in" replacement that wont require me to change everythign else and in effect cause me to have to rebuild the entire computer (at which point i may aswell get a new more up to date one since this is about 3 yrs old now hahaha)

thanks again all

thanks for replying so quick, wasnt expecting that


http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4553/cpuzzj.jpg

i just print screened the CPU and mainboard tabs, let me know if you need others

t7200 looks like it'll be perfect for what i need so thats what i was looking at but i dont want to buy it and then find its not gonna work


i also wonder, probably the best place to be asking this, my heatsink/fan seems to be a bit dodgy. not sure if its faulty or what
but from very early on the base of my laptop is so hot its painful to put on your lap (and so lives on top of a book haha but you can still feel its getting hot) and the fan seems to run constantly and is kinda loud at times, is there something better i can put in? or would it be worth getting the same thing and replacing the current one?

it's very likely it needs a good clean out now, so i do wonder if that could fix the problem

finally a difinative answer! haha you have no idea how many different answers i've had (half no and half yes) haha

is there anything i need to change at all to cope with the new cpu?

as for the clean out, i know the basic clear out. its getting into the damn thign in the first place =P

i have 2 panels that i can remove, neither of which are near the fan at all, so it'd involve a complete dismantle of the casing

is there a downside to updating the bios without a specific reason?

supposedly they have newer things to check up on temps and also mention of a fix for a slight lag in wake up from sleep mode which i have noticed which is why i was wondering