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Unfortunately I wasnt able to find any information about that matter. But, I was able to find a similar notebook for the asian pacific market, the VPCF237HG with the exact same cpu. It seems as though this laptop uses the same motherboard which is why I believe it could work even though I am not...

how can I find out whether my mainboard supports this cpu? According to this website: click the 2680qm should be supported

Hey, thanks for you answer, now the description make a little more sense to me. However, according to this website, both the cpus, the stronger 2860qm and the current 2630qm use the rPGA988B socket. This information is the same as provided by intel. Presumably the cpu would fit and are...

Is a BGA the same as PGA988 respectively 988B rPGA. However, how would that effect the replacement? And besides, to my knowledge, the cpu can be removed from the motherboard.

mhh, havent heard of anything like that before to be honest. I dont know whether or not the cpu is soldered to the mainboard. I believe it is not. I am planning on solely replacing the cpu using the same/old mainboard. According to the software CPU-Z my cpu uses the socket 988B rPGA. Hence I...

Dear Community, I am planning on upgrading my laptop, a sony vaio f21z1e/bi with a i7-2630QM cpu. My laptop uses an intel hm65 mainboard with a PGA988 (G2) BGA 1023 socket and the Bios version R0200V3 (02/10/2011). The new cpu I am looking for is the faster brother of the current version, so...