Can you upgrade the processor on a presario CQ62

[henrykimeu]

Can you upgrade the processor on a presario CQ62

henry

 

[hunuok]

In general, upgrading components on your laptop is difficult and or costly. You can upgrade RAM and HDD/SSD but I would say no to your CPU.

 

[justhelping]

yes... you CAN upgrade the processor, bought an intel dual core 2.0ghz , swapped my single core 2.16ghz and made a remarkable difference... i found the processor for less than $10 on ebay. (used) , and took to my handy work of disassembling. it took me roughly 1 hour, with a little experience in pc background. for a newbie. to carefully do this - 2.5 hours. and well worth the time invested to update a computer for a little more power.

 

[eddierob22]

You definitely can upgrade the Processor. you can download the maintenance guide here:
h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02641795.pdf
I found a AMD PhenomII N930 Quad core for $75, upgraded the ram to 8 gb and i am easily running windows 8 pro 64 bit with out any issues what so ever.

 

[perman12]

yes... you CAN upgrade the processor, bought an intel dual core 2.0ghz , swapped my single core 2.16ghz and made a remarkable difference... i found the processor for less than $10 on ebay. (used) , and took to my handy work of disassembling. it took me roughly 1 hour, with a little experience in pc background. for a newbie. to carefully do this - 2.5 hours. and well worth the time invested to update a computer for a little more power.

What was the exact intel processor that you used for your build. I am looking at the maintenance guide provided by HP and there are a lot of processors on there with "for model 1.1 only," "model 1.2 only" or "models 1.1 and 1.2 only."
I am trying to upgrade from an Intel Celeron 900 to something with 2 cores in there. Any suggestions?