Recent content by rehed21

No, it definitely will not work. An Intel first generation socket can't accept an Intel third generation CPU. Check the ARKs that you posted for the socket support and you will see that they are not the same.

CrystalDiskInfo is a free program that will check the health of your hard drive. It wouldn't hurt to blow dust out of your heat sink & fan using compressed air (with the laptop turned off).

Are you able to get a display on an external monitor? You may need to replace the screen or a related component.

As an engineering student, what programs will you need to install? If you are looking to ensure that the laptop will last for awhile, you will need to plan for the future. For about $20 more, you can get a SSD with twice the storage, which would be well worth it. That will give you room to...

What model Gateway do you have? Your CPU is good to at least 90c (depends on which generation of i3). What temperature monitoring software are you using? Does it list any other temperatures, such as motherboard or GPU? It could be that another component is overheating. Are you running on...

Those temperatures seem normal for most Intel and AMD laptop cpu's. What CPU do you have and what is the tj max for it? Why do you think it is overheating? Fans normally only come on at higher temperatures to minimize noise. There may be an option in bios to change the fan profile. When you...

If you have a spare USB drive laying around, you can just burn a linux os, such as Ubuntu, and check your hard drive status. Here is an article describing how to use Ubuntu to check the hard drive...

If the OP opens up the laptop, he/she will void the warranty and will be unable to return it if he/she had just bought it recently. If he/she does open it up, he will find that the N3450 CPU in the FCPGA socket is soldered on. If the OP is uncertain, he/she can research the socket and CPU...

Some are soldered, some are not. That CPU is soldered on.

To obtain an accurate answer, you should specify the model of your laptop since there are different types of drives in laptops.

The CPU is soldered on, so it is not replaceable. It is a 7.5 watt TDP CPU designed to allow people to browse the internet and check email on cheap and light notebooks. If you are unhappy with the performance, are you able to return it and purchase a better (and more expensive) laptop?

The i3-3227U IS a dual core processor with 4 threads. It is soldered on, so you can't change it.