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Update!!! The cpu arrived today and I installed it and it is functioning perfectly! Both the bios and windows recognize the chip and report it as i7-3720QM running at 2.6GHz. I know that this is an older laptop and there will probably not be many people wanting to spend money upgrading an...

I found about a half dozen 6570b Probooks for sale on ebay with quad core cpus ranging from the 3720QM up to the 3840QM so I guess it's possible. The 3720QM is about 55% faster than what I have currently installed. I could have gained about another 8% by getting the 3840QM but it was another...

That was one of the first things that I did when I got the computer a week ago. I have the latest bios. I also just received an answer to this question which I also posted on the hp support community forums. They say that the limiting factor for this proposed upgrade is the wiring of the...

So here is a little added information that I found while researching this project. The computer that I have (6570b) is covered in the same service manual as the Elitebook 8570p. The manual shows that the Elitebook can accept the whole range of quad core i7 CPUs, up to, and including the...

I recently picked up a Probook 6570b as a hackbook project. I got os x Seirra loaded and running on a 240gb SSD and have installed a 1TB HDD in the optical bay. The system board has non-upgradeable Intel HD 4000 graphics but I upgraded to 8GB RAM to help with this. The last possible upgrade...