Changing Sandy bridge to Ivy Bridge Mobile CPU? (Y570)

[azathoth]

After several attempts at trying to communicate with the 'Tech Support' center for Lenovo, I decided to try a different option.

Does anyone over here know if it is possible to replace my i5-2410m (Sandy Bridge) processor with a i7-3615QM (Ivy Bridge) processor?

I know I can change it out for an i5-2670QM, (Sandy Bridge). But there seems to be zero documentation as to replacement with an Ivy Bridge chip.

 

[samuelspark]

I believe they are different sockets.

http://ark.intel.com/products/64899
http://ark.intel.com/products/52224/Intel-Core-i5-2410M-Processor-(3M-Cache-up-to-2_90-GHz)

 

[azathoth]

Did another heavy searching, discovered the the Y570 uses the Mobile Intel HM65 Express chipset, and ivy bridge mobile chips require the 7 series chipset to be functional.

 

[azathoth]

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